Terry Riley, Claire Chase, JACK Quartet, Samuel Clay Birmahe - The Holy Liftoff (2026) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Terry Riley, Claire Chase, JACK Quartet, Samuel Clay Birmahe
- Title: The Holy Liftoff
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: Sono Luminus
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:01:57
- Total Size: 278 / 1020 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale
02. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale March
03. The Holy Liftoff: Hymn
04. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale March 2
05. The Holy Liftoff: Lift Off Harmony
06. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale
07. The Holy Liftoff: Parked Between Two Clouds
08. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale 2 (Cameo)
09. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale Hymn
10. The Holy Liftoff: C Major Ishi
11. The Holy Liftoff: Interlude
12. The Holy Liftoff: E-Flat Minor Ishi
13. The Holy Liftoff: Ishi Dream
14. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale Hymn (Reprise)
15. The Holy Liftoff: Flying Snakes
16. The Holy Liftoff: The Realm of the Silver Balloons
17. The Holy Liftoff: The Tragedy of What We Lost
18. The Holy Liftoff: Angels in the Snooker Parlor
19. The Holy Liftoff: Horizon Streakers Rag
20. The Holy Liftoff: All Arise
21. The Holy Liftoff: Pulsing Liftors
The Holy Liftoff (2024) is the 11th installation of Claire Chase’s 24-year Density 2036 project, an initiative to create a bold new repertory for the flute by the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s seminal 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. Density 2036 has been called “one of the great musical undertakings of our time” by The New York Times, and “a quarter-century journey that has little precedent” by The New Yorker.
Terry Riley began composing The Holy Liftoff in 2022 as an open score sketchbook brimming with colorful drawings that were intended to be played by Chase with any number of collaborating musicians. Over the following two years, the sketches evolved into a multidimensional work that now combines extensive through-composed material as well as graphic notation, evocative artwork, and Riley’s signature open-form scoring that can be freely interpreted by the performers in variable durations and ensemble formations. Samuel Clay Birmaher's 60-minute realization of the work, which he composed in close collaboration with Riley and the performers, is scored for multiple flutes and string quartet.
“When I improvised the first 16 bars of ‘The Holy Liftoff’ the melody and the chords whispered its name while simultaneously urging me to make drawings of the experience. The drawings had angels and flying creatures and all the energies were rising up into a surrealistic skyscape…This piece could only have been written for Claire Chase.” —Terry Riley
01. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale
02. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale March
03. The Holy Liftoff: Hymn
04. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale March 2
05. The Holy Liftoff: Lift Off Harmony
06. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale
07. The Holy Liftoff: Parked Between Two Clouds
08. The Holy Liftoff: Chorale 2 (Cameo)
09. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale Hymn
10. The Holy Liftoff: C Major Ishi
11. The Holy Liftoff: Interlude
12. The Holy Liftoff: E-Flat Minor Ishi
13. The Holy Liftoff: Ishi Dream
14. The Holy Liftoff: Pastorale Hymn (Reprise)
15. The Holy Liftoff: Flying Snakes
16. The Holy Liftoff: The Realm of the Silver Balloons
17. The Holy Liftoff: The Tragedy of What We Lost
18. The Holy Liftoff: Angels in the Snooker Parlor
19. The Holy Liftoff: Horizon Streakers Rag
20. The Holy Liftoff: All Arise
21. The Holy Liftoff: Pulsing Liftors
The Holy Liftoff (2024) is the 11th installation of Claire Chase’s 24-year Density 2036 project, an initiative to create a bold new repertory for the flute by the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s seminal 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. Density 2036 has been called “one of the great musical undertakings of our time” by The New York Times, and “a quarter-century journey that has little precedent” by The New Yorker.
Terry Riley began composing The Holy Liftoff in 2022 as an open score sketchbook brimming with colorful drawings that were intended to be played by Chase with any number of collaborating musicians. Over the following two years, the sketches evolved into a multidimensional work that now combines extensive through-composed material as well as graphic notation, evocative artwork, and Riley’s signature open-form scoring that can be freely interpreted by the performers in variable durations and ensemble formations. Samuel Clay Birmaher's 60-minute realization of the work, which he composed in close collaboration with Riley and the performers, is scored for multiple flutes and string quartet.
“When I improvised the first 16 bars of ‘The Holy Liftoff’ the melody and the chords whispered its name while simultaneously urging me to make drawings of the experience. The drawings had angels and flying creatures and all the energies were rising up into a surrealistic skyscape…This piece could only have been written for Claire Chase.” —Terry Riley
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