Contemporary Meditation
Escape the frantic 24/7 with music selected for its meditative qualities which draws one into another place, a place of stillness and tranquility. Take time out from the busyness and noise of contemporary life in gently pulsing strings, ethereal choral singing, hypnotic, seemingly infinite repetitions (Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt) and transcendent serenity (John Tavener). Through subtly shifting harmonies and timbres, softly consoling voices, the gently spooling notes of a piano, contemporary composers transport us from the everyday. This is music to encourage pause and reflection, time to think, time to dream…
- Glass•Dreaming Awake (2003) for Piano•Dreaming Awake
- Pärt•Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) (Version for Violin and Piano)•
- Sculthorpe•Nocturnal (1989)•
- Tavener•The Last Sleep of the Virgin (1991)•
- Lauridsen•O Magnum Mysterium (1994)•O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum
- Górecki•Symphony No. 3 op. 36 (1976) “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”•II. Lento e largo. Tranquillissimo – cantabillissimo – dolcissimo – legatissimo
- Rautavaara•Evening Hymn•
- Pelecis•Concertino bianco for Piano and String Orchestra (1990)•I. Con Intenerimento
- Rautavaara•Adagio celeste, for String Orchestra (2000)•
- Glass•Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 (1987)•II. ♩ = ca. 108
- Adès•Arcadiana op. 12 (1994)•VI. O Albion
- Monk•Core Chant for Voices and Ensemble•
- Whitacre•Water Night (1995)•Water Night
- Glass•Satyagraha (1980)•Act I. Leo Tolstoy • 2. Tolstoy Farm
- Sandström•Det är en ros utsprungen (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) for 2 Choruses (after M. Praetorius) (1990)•
- Tabakova•Nocturne (2008)•