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James Blachly, Experiential Orchestra, Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey & Experiential Chorus

Smyth: The Prison

James Blachly, Experiential Orchestra, Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey & Experiential Chorus

16 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 3 MINUTES • AUG 01 2020

1
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night"
07:10
2
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality"
04:29
3
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow"
02:27
4
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret"
03:26
5
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me with the same face"
01:36
6
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names"
03:38
7
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn
03:12
8
The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear"
05:09
9
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes)
03:59
10
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has come
02:51
11
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead moving to depart
02:13
12
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm.
02:45
13
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself"
03:06
14
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have laughed"
02:01
15
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been conning your lesson"
05:13
16
The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking"
10:38
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