Liner Notes
Cat. No. 80526
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Michael Pugliese, Randy Crafton, Jason Cirker, Charles Kiger, Andy Bowman, Kory Grossman, Mark Belair, Dan McMillan, Frank Cassara, David Cossin, Jimmy Musto, Dominic Donato, percussion, Howard Van Hyning, conductor
Wendy Mae Chambers (b 1953) is known for the scope and originality of her works, typified by large and unusual instrumental combinations. In Chambers’s own words, Twelve² is a voodoo tone poem in eleven movements for twelve percussionists. Each movement is about 4 minutes in length. The last movement is 4'33" of lots of sound (in tribute to Cage's 4'33" of silence). Voodoo drumming [calls] forth Cage’s spirit and the bells, chimes, and gongs [celebrate] ... celestial qualities.
The work is a ritual to a great man ... [structured] by means of a New Orleans Voodoo Tarot Card “Tree of Life” reading. Each of the eleven cards (picked by chance) determines the character of a movement. Twelve²'s instrumentation includes theremin, Chinese cymbals and gongs, five-tone marimbula, and bowed suspended cymbals. Over the eleven movements, Twelve² traverses a myriad of moods－incantatory, shamanistic, mysterious, dream-like, orgiastic, whimsical, ethereal－all served up on a rich tonal and timbral palette, from thunderous percussive interludes to the delicate shimmers of Oriental chimes.
Wendy Mae Chambers (b 1953) is known for the scope and originality of her works, typified by large and unusual instrumental combinations. In Chambers’s own words, Twelve² is a voodoo tone poem in eleven movements for twelve percussionists. Each movement is about 4 minutes in length. The last movement is 4'33" of lots of sound (in tribute to Cage's 4'33" of silence). Voodoo drumming [calls] forth Cage’s spirit and the bells, chimes, and gongs [celebrate] ... celestial qualities.
The work is a ritual to a great man ... [structured] by means of a New Orleans Voodoo Tarot Card “Tree of Life” reading. Each of the eleven cards (picked by chance) determines the character of a movement. Twelve²'s instrumentation includes theremin, Chinese cymbals and gongs, five-tone marimbula, and bowed suspended cymbals. Over the eleven movements, Twelve² traverses a myriad of moods－incantatory, shamanistic, mysterious, dream-like, orgiastic, whimsical, ethereal－all served up on a rich tonal and timbral palette, from thunderous percussive interludes to the delicate shimmers of Oriental chimes.
Wendy Mae Chambers: 12 Squared
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Track Listing
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Snake Dancer
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Dance
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Snake of Deep Waters
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Hoodoo Root Doctor
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Wild Ride
Wendy Mae Chambers
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The Barons
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Shango
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Manman Brigitte
Wendy Mae Chambers
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The Sun
Wendy Mae Chambers
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A Priest
Wendy Mae Chambers
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Fire-Breathing Serpent
Wendy Mae Chambers
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