| ‘HOLY MOUNTAIN’ 1998 MARC DAVID DECKER THREE MOVEMENTS FOR SOPRANO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA. INSPIRED BY TRUE LIFE EVENTS. THE MOVEMENTS FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL FAST-SLOW-FAST BLUEPRINT FOUND IN MOST 3-MOVEMENT WORKS. HOWEVER, FOR THIS PIECE I CHOSE TO FURTHER CONTRAST THE MOVEMENTS BY WRITING IN DIFFERENT ERAS. THE FIRST MOVEMENT IS NOT UNLIKE A MODERN FILM SCORE CUE; DYNAMIC, SIMPLE AND CRASH-BANG. THE SECOND MOVEMENT IS SLOW, VERY MOODY, SLIGHTLY DISSONANT, AND REMINISCENT OF 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES. THE THIRD AND FINAL MOVEMENT IS IN A BAROQUE STYLE, HIGHLY CONTRAPUNTAL, MAKING USE OF FUGAL ELEMENTS AND INCORPORATING A PIPE ORGAN. VOCALS ARE BY TERRESA WRIGHT AND WINTER WATSON (NOW SINGING WITH THE L.A. MASTER CHORALE). THIS IS ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES. THE WHOLE THING LASTS A TOTAL OF ONLY 14:10 SHORT, BUT EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AND FULL OF LIFE. |