Act I: Super terram: Orpheus cowboy (3:46) -- The Wedding (3:11) -- Snakebite (1:08) -- First lament (3:45) -- Pursuit and trespass (2:45) -- Act II: Sub terra: Down (3:58) -- Stalactites (2:39) -- ...and other strange things (4:12) -- Lyre music (3:30) -- Up (4:44) -- The look (1:59) -- Act III: Super terram: Final lament (5:53) -- Orpheus redux (2:45) -- The mob (2:21) -- Orpheus oracle (The stream) (10:54).
Note
The concept of Orpheus Unsung was first developed as an opera without words by Mackey and filmmaker, designer, choreographer and director Mark DeChiazza, with Mackey composing the score with Treuting.
Author
Mackey, Steven, 1956- composer, instrumentalist.
Title
Orpheus unsung / Steven Mackey.
Publisher
[New York] : New Amsterdam Records, [2017]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Steven Mackey, electric guitar (with electronic loops) ; Jason Treuting, percussion.
Event
Recorded Guilford Sound, Guilford, Vermont 2015 January 13.