ATLANTIS
Year of composition: 2012-19
A multimedia project commissioned and dedicated to the CPR Liceo 'La Paz' (Spain).
Length: 70 minutes
Instrumentation: solo theremin, solo soprano, choirs, virtual ensemble, large symphonic band, fixed electronics -played through headphones- & optional modern dancers
Opus 25 - AA252019
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Movements:
PART I: The Lost Isle
i. Prologue: from the darkness to ...
ii. Plato's myth: distant storms / ancient voices
iii. The expedition: after Ignatius Donnelly ...
iv. Last blank space on the map
v. Discovering Atlantis: the lost isle
vi. Epilogue: Part I
PART II: The Temple of Poseidon
vii. Sounds from inside of the earth: remembering the past
viii. Water rings and primitive ritual
PART III: The Cataclysm
ix. ... and the earth starts to tremble ... / Earthquake!
x. Destruction of the Temple of Poseidon
xi. Evacuating Atlantis / a glimpse of hope
xii. Tidal wave! / destruction of Atlantis
xiii. ... thousands of corpses floating in the ocean ...
xiv. A new beginning
xv. Epilogue: to the darkness from ...
Score on special sale from the Hire Library, and parts in preparation.
