Transcendence
Tom Service considers musical transcendence. From Faure's sublime harmonies to the hypnotic drumming of shamans, what is it about some music that take us to a higher plane?
Tom Service considers how music can be transcendent. From Wagner's sublime harmonies in Tristan und Isolde, to the hypnotic drumming of shamans, what is it about some kinds of music that can take us to a higher plane? He considers music for contemplation (such as church music by Messiaen, and Faur茅's Requiem); music for dancing to oblivion (the techno "Trance" genre, whirling dervishes); music evoking ecstasy (Scriabin, Gospel music); and he discusses the ancient practises of shamans in various cultures, with ethnomusicologist Keith Howard.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem - In Paradisum
Performer: LSO. Performer: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short.- Faur茅 Requiem.
- LSO Live.
- LSO0728.
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Turkish Dervishes - Naat
- Dervishes of Turkey.
- Playasound.
- PS65120.
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Alexander Scriabin
Le Po猫me de l'Extase, Op.54
Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra. Performer: Valery Gergiev.- Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring.
- Philips.
- 4680352 聽.
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Wagner
Tristan - Liebestod
Performer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Orchestra of the ROH. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- EMI.
- 966864 2.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O vis aeternitatis
Performer: Sequentia.- Hildegard von Bingen - Canticles of Ecstasy.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 05472773202.
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Bach
Crucifixus from B minor mass
Performer: Collegium Vocale Gent.- Olympia.
- OCD181.
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John Tavener
Protecting Veil
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: LSO. Performer: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- Virgin Classics.
- VC7590522.
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James MacMillan
Seven Last Words - 6th mvt
Performer: London Chamber Orchestra. Performer: James MacMillan.- Catalyst.
- 09026681252.
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Field Recording
Siberian Jews Harp
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Field Recording
Nepalese drumming
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Binary Finary
1998
Performer: Binary Finary.- 1998.
- Orbit.
- 017.
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Lennon and McCartney
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Performer: The Beatles.- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- Parlophone.
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Terry Riley
Persian Surgery Dervishes
Performer: Terry Riley.- Persian Surgery Dervishes.
- Newtone.
- NT6715 聽.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Aslys - mvt 3: Ecstasio
Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDC5568182.
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Alexander Scriabin
Preparation for the Final Mystery
Performer: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- Preparation for the Final Mystery.
- Decca.
- 4663292.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem - In Paradisum
Performer: LSO. Performer: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short.- Faur茅 Requiem.
- LSO Live.
- LSO0728.
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