What does it take to Celebrate Soundstreams?

2 conductors
1 pianist
1 flutist
2 trumpeters
2 contrabassists
4 cellists
4 violists
4 percussionists
12 violinists
22 singers
 
24 hours of rehearsal over 5 days in 4 different studios
 
2 vibraphones
2 five-octave marimbas
An assortment of pots and pans tuned to specific pitches
 
5 loudspeakers 
1 specialized effects rack with computer
 
100 minutes of music from 8 different composers
(Collected from 4 different publishers and directly from 3 composers)

That’s what it takes!Here’s a shot of the parts for the Arvo Pärt piece Orient and Occident

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And a little surprise when we opened the Schafer score—staging for the strings and vocalists! All of the musicians are intermixed in a circle. This will have the effect of the sound swirling around between the vocalists and strings.

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