"Caeli enarrant..." IV & V
Georges Lentz, then a violinist in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, had already won the Paul Lowin Award for Orchestral Composition for another work in this series. His music draws on astronomy and carries a vast sense of space.
Jennifer Booth violin
Robert Johnson conductor
Georges Lentz violin
Rebecca Lagos percussion
Colin Piper percussion
Jean Bernard Marie prepared piano
Ian Cleworth percussion
Peter Morrison cello
Richard Miller percussion
This disc presents two works from his Caeli enarrant... cycle. IV is scored for string quartet with four cymbals and unfolds in six movements linked to star clusters, galaxies and nebulae. V is for prepared piano.
Artist
Georges Lentz
Georges Lentz’s music answers the starry Outback sky with brittle austerity, long silences and a shimmering sense of space. His Caeli enarrant cycle turns galaxies and nebulae into fragile string writing, cymbals and prepared piano.
Tracks
- i. Introduction: "...who sees the many and not the one, wanders on from death to death..." 3:31
- ii. The Pleiades M 45: "...God is sound and silence..." 4:05
- iii. Scherzo: Exsultate, jubilate – the Spiral Galaxy M 106 8:02
- iv. Lux perpetua: the nebula IC 2177 5:24
- v. Te Deum laudamus 5:59
- vi. The Andromeda Galaxy M 31: "...leaving the transient, find joy in the eternal..." 4:19
- "Caeli enarrant..." V for prepared piano Georges Lentz 13:00
"Caeli enarrant..." IV for string quartet with four cymbals Georges Lentz
Performers
- David Wicks · viola · tracks 1–6
- Jennifer Booth · violin · tracks 1–6
- Robert Johnson · conductor · tracks 1–6
- Georges Lentz · violin · tracks 1–6
- Rebecca Lagos · percussion · tracks 1–6
- Colin Piper · percussion · tracks 1–6
- Jean Bernard Marie · prepared piano · track 7
- Ian Cleworth · percussion · tracks 1–6
- Peter Morrison · cello · tracks 1–6
- Richard Miller · percussion · tracks 1–6
Where to listen
"Caeli enarrant..." IV & V is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
"Caeli enarrant..." IV & V is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- TP035
- Total playing time
- 44 minutes 20 seconds
- Venue
- Eugene Goossens Hall
- Release date
- 15 Aug 1994
- Label
- Tall Poppies
- Musical work
copyright - © 1994 Tall Poppies Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1994 Tall Poppies Records
- Category
- Australian Classics
- Genres
- Contemporary Classical, Modernist Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9399000003526
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