Prelude to Paradise (12 Players)<\/p>\n
By Jacob Remington<\/p>\n
Bells, Xylophone\/Crotales, Chimes, Vibraphone 1, Vibraphone 2, Marimba 1 (5-octave), Marimba 2 (5-octave), Marimba 3 (5-octave), Marimba 4 (5-octave), Timpani, Percussion 1 (Kick Bass Drum, Ribbon Crasher, China Cymbal, Gong)
\nPercussion 2 (Snare Drum, 3 Concert Toms, Hi-Hat)
\nPercussion 3 (Gong, Concert Bass Drum, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, China Cymbal, Chains)<\/p>\n
Prelude to Paradise<\/em> was written to reflect my personal view of the chaotic events surrounding the end of days as they are depicted in the Book of Revelation.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always found the vivid imagery in this story to be quite shocking and powerful, and I\u2019ve strived to replicate those feelings through the music.\u00a0 Although the piece is not intended to chronicle the story, some important events and details of the book can be heard musically.\u00a0 The number seven is one of the most significant numbers found in Revelation, and for that reason the piece is primarily metered in seven.\u00a0 There are numerous accounts in the book where \u201cthe stars of heaven fall unto the earth,\u201d and this is illustrated by densely harmonized, rapidly descending passages in the vibraphone and xylophone.\u00a0 Towards the middle of the piece, the symbolic opening of the seventh seal can be heard, as well as subsequent \u201csilence in heaven about the space of half an hour,\u201d represented by 30 beats of (near) silence.\u00a0 The second half of the piece depicts Jesus marching onto Zion with the 144,000 who were redeemed from the Earth, where he leads them into battle with the beast and onto their final judgements.\u201d<\/p>\n (Notes by the composer)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Annotated by Robert McCarthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prelude to Paradise (12 Players) By Jacob Remington Bells, Xylophone\/Crotales, Chimes, Vibraphone 1, Vibraphone 2, Marimba 1 (5-octave), Marimba 2 (5-octave), Marimba 3 (5-octave), Marimba 4 (5-octave), Timpani, Percussion 1 (Kick Bass Drum, Ribbon Crasher, China Cymbal, Gong) Percussion 2 (Snare Drum, 3 Concert Toms, Hi-Hat) Percussion 3 (Gong, Concert Bass Drum, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}