Alvin Curran, “Crystal Psalms”

 

“On October 20, 1988, a large part of western Europe heard a unique radio concert — CRYSTAL PSALMS — a concerto for musicians in six nations, simultaneously performed, mixed and broadcast live in stereo to listeners from Palermo to Helsinki. 

This special event, composed and coordinated by myself, while part of a worldwide series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the infamous Kristallnacht (Crystal Night), was, through its unusual concept, one which demanded and demonstrated an exceptional quality of international artistic and technological collaboration — the bringing together groups of musicians and technicians (some 300 in all, in six major European cities) who neither saw nor heard one another, yet performed as one unified ensemble to realize this complex score.” 

 

text from artist web page: http://www.alvincurran.com/ 

CrystalPsalmshiMP3excerpt.mp3

Crystal%20Psalms%20part%202.mp3

See Also:

Composer’s notes on the piece:

http://www.alvincurran.com/writings/CrystalPsalmsnotes.html

http://www.newalbion.com/NA_CDS/NA067/NA067.htm