April Skies Imaginary Soundtracks To Visionary Films
        
        
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                Sun 8 April 2007 // 17:00
            
            
            
            
            
            
        
        
        
        
            Listen with your senses submerged in the dark void of the cube cinema.   
Olivier Messiaen     
Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine / 35 minutes 
Premiered in 1945, the piece met with a scandalous reception. This beautiful  and mystical piece is known for it’s unusual instrumentation using Martenot  waves, voix celeste and vibraphone. Much of the text is sung in an artificial  language invented by the composer. 
Arvo Pärt      		   
Tabula Rasa / 27mins 
Tabula Rasa refers to" a clean tablet on which nothing is written". Part’s  music is deeply spiritual, carrying within influences from centuries of  Orthodox sacred music. He explores simple patterns and mathematical  
progressions, creating both luminous sound and expressive silences.