![]() When the last singing bowl ceased ringing, there was a full thirty seconds of silence before anyone dared to applaud-but then the response was overwhelming. ![]() From the “elemental” electronic opening, with its rocks and fire and water and wind, to the “Birth” sequence (with meltingly lovely poetry by Sienna Craig), all the way to the chanting of the Heart Sutra in the “Death” music at the close, this is a half-hour of musical magic-making of the highest order. Andrea has a wonderful sense of large-scale timing and drama in all her works, but this piece spans the broadest arch of any of her pieces that I’ve heard. I don’t know of a contemporary work of this genre that comes close to the emotional and almost extraterrestrial highs that TSE GO LA delivers. ©Mark Stehle Photography SATB Chorus Tse Go La (At the threshold of this life) (SATB and SSA choirs) chamber orchestra or reduced scoring with piano, 2012), 32 min.Ĭommissioned by the Mendelssohn Club and the Pennsylvania GirlchoirĪ beautifully constructed and deeply satisfying work of art.fantastic, rich, powerful.cries out for more performances! –Peter Burwasser, Broad Street Review
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