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Within a 'Prayer at Lamplighting' : for amplified piano and digital delay

by Constantine Koukias (2003)

Work Overview

Within a 'Prayer at Lamplighting' features one of the most celebrated Easter Mass Chants from the Byzantine period:

'Christ has risen from the Dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs, bestowing life'.

This chant is sung during the ceremony of the lighting of the Paschal Candle, which is conducted either on Easter Eve or immediately preceding the Easter Eucharist. The piece is centred on this intensely symbolic period where the spreading of the light from the Paschal candle throughout the congregation represents the resurrection of Christ and the Easter message of death conquered.

Work Details

Year: 2003

Instrumentation: Amplified piano, digital delay.

Duration: 8 min.

Commission note: Commissioned by Gabriella Smart with funds provided by Australia Council.

First performance: by Gabriella Smart — Mar 03. 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania

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Performances of this work

31 Aug 2009: at Night of Chinese Art, Food, Music & Dance (Moorilla Estate). Featuring Gabriella Smart.

30 Aug 2009: at Night of Chinese Art, Food, Music & Dance (Moorilla Estate). Featuring Gabriella Smart.

Mar 03: 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania. Featuring Gabriella Smart.

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