Into Xylonia

Iridium Quartet

17 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 9 MINUTES • DEC 15 2014

1

Saxophone Quartet (2011): I. Act I

05:34

2

Saxophone Quartet (2011): II. Entr’acte & Act II

08:15

3

Saxophone Quartet No.3

13:02

4

Every Thing Must Go: I. Andante

04:00

5

Every Thing Must Go: II. G. L. in memoriam

04:55

6

Every Thing Must Go: III. Pensoso, con sobrio espressione

04:07

7

Into Xylonia: I. Gleaming teak parquet, boundless, oceanic

02:15

8

Into Xylonia: II. Bubinga buttons and ash pegs bubble in clumps

00:52

9

Into Xylonia: III. Newelposts and dominoes jostle with alphablocks, caepitose and shrubby

00:20

10

Into Xylonia: IV. Ligneous tendrils bear fattening spindle tips, shooting about dowelsprout

00:43

11

Into Xylonia: V. Pyrgoidal Peppermills and Peglegs – Mammoth Axehandles – Titanic Biedermeier Bedstands

00:44

12

Into Xylonia: VI. From the barbicans flutter deckle and chads, tickertape and timbersplinters, crepe paper billowing like henin cloth

00:47

13

Recitation Book (2006): I. Broken Heart: Meditation on the chorale melody “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” (You who are three in one)

04:31

14

Recitation Book (2006): II. Prelude/Chorale: Meditation on “Jesu meine Freude” (Jesus is my joy)

04:19

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Recitation Book (2006): III. Ecco morirò dunque (Look! My death is near!) Gesualdo di Venosa, 1596

01:36

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Recitation Book (2006): IV. Meditation on “O Salutaris Hostia” (O Salvation’s Victim) - Gregorian Chant

03:17

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Recitation Book (2006): V. Fanfare/Variations on “Durch Adams Fall” (Through Adam’s Fall)

10:29

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