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EmPyre - Overture 04:54
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EmPyre - Venezia 06:02
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EmPyre - In Occupied NYC 07:19
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EmPyre - On The Side 08:03
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EmPyre - In The Thick 08:17
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EmPyre - Tragedy & Farce 07:22
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EmPyre - Wrap It Up 02:29
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Em/Pyre is an opera commissioned by soprano Donella Dell' Monaco for the 2006 Venice Biennale to be performed by her and her regular ensemble. She also requested that I perform with the group and conduct the piece. I called upon longtime friend and collaborator Steve Piccolo to create the libretto and to sing the baritone parts.

The strategy was to create a composition to be developed in a week of workshops leading up to the premiere. It was based on my interpretation and comparison of Venice in the 15th century with New York City in the late 20th century - two towering city-states whose empires devolved due to both internal and external cultural and political/economic factors. The composed core materials and defined structure were realized through my conduction and the manifestation of simple algorithmic approaches as well as guided improvisations based on the core composed materials.

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released June 30, 2020

Recorded in concert at Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venice, Italy September 28, 2006.

Performers:
Cello – Laura Balbinot
Double Bass – Alvise Seggi
Electro-Acoustic Guitar, Conductor, Direction – Elliott Sharp
Electronics – Joachim Thomas (2)
Flute – Mauro Martello
Keyboards – Giovanni Mancuso
Percussion – Gabriele Bruzzolo
Soprano Vocals – Donella Del Monaco
Sound Designer – Stefano Bruzzolo
Tenor Saxophone – Andrea Oddone Martin
Trombone, Slide-Trumpet – Luca Bonvini
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Daniele Goldoni
Viola – Gabriele Mancuso
Voice – Steve Piccolo

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Elliott Sharp: composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, author, leads Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics and Terraplane with compositional strategies including fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors. His collaborators have included Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Cecil Taylor; Debbie Harry; Hubert Sumlin; Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt ... more

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