Black Diamond Express Train to Hell
composer: Douglas J. Cuomo
concerto for cello and sampled sermon
Commissioned work: Co-commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and Orchestra of the Swan (UK)
Premiere: December 3, 2010 New York, NY, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (USA) · Maya Beiser, cello; Douglas J. Cuomo, sampler · Conductor: George Manahan · American Composers Orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: 1(pic).1.1.1-1.1.1.0-timp.2perc(b.d, s.d, cym, vib, glsp, mar, break d, wind gong, tri, mark tree, tam-t, lion's roar, tempbl)-hp-sampler-str
Publisher: Savario Seventeen Music Publishing (Schott Helicon Music Corporation)
Duration: 18' 0''
Year of composition: 2010
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Delivery rights: worldwide
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Black Diamond Express Train to Hell is based on folk sources, à la Bartók or Kodály, but from a contemporary American perspective. In this case the source material is a 1927 recording of a fiery sermon by the African-American Reverend A. W. Nix of Chicago, which alludes to life in America during the depression and prohibition, the history of commercial recordings, and the place of music and religion in the African-American experience.
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