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‘Prayers of Descent’ seeks to perform a metamorphosis in real time from the sobriety of liturgical pronouncements to the perceived babble of ‘speaking in tongues.’ Much of Gwilly’s vocal work inhabits a space that can be characterized as a form of speaking-in-tongues while clearly owing debts to the likes of Kurt Schwitters (Ursonata); he was, however, also a pre-pubescent chorister before his voice broke, and therefore spent many hours listening to the ardently bored delivery of the English clergy while conducting liturgies. ‘Prayers of Descent,’ then, can be heard as a bridging of these two worlds.
Composer(s): Edmondes W
Publication type: Musical Composition
Publication status: Published
Year: 2012
Subtitle: AV Festival Commission
Publisher: WFMU
Place Published: New York
Type of Work: Composition for Broadcast
URL: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/45564
