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Rote Messe (Red Mass)

from Pierrot Lunaire by Jordan Randall Smith

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    Live from the 2009 Dallas Festival of Modern Music: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21. Conductor Jordan Randall Smith leads Ars Nova Dallas at the 2009 Dallas Festival of Modern Music. Disc is signed. Visit www.jordanrsmith.com for more information.

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The work opens from the poet’s perspective. He sets the scene. Pierrot is heard in the music, though not yet mentioned by name. We hear the moonlight, painted by the instruments.

Conductor Jordan Randall Smith conducts Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. Smith leads Ars Nova Dallas at the 2009 Dallas Festival of Modern Music.

More information at www.jordanrsmith.com

lyrics

Zu grausem Abendmahle, For a terrible Last Supper,
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes, By the murk gleam of gold,
Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen, By flickering candlelight
Naht dem Altar - Pierrot! Near the altar--Pierrot

Die Hand, die gottgeweihte, His hand, the annointed,
Zerreißt die Priesterkleider Rips up the priest's vestments
Zu grausem Abendmahle, For a terrible Last Supper
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes By the murk gleam of gold.

Mit segnender Geberde With consecrated bearing
Zeigt er den bangen Seelen He shows the anxious souls
Die triefend rote Hostie: The dripping red Host:
Sein Herz - in blutgen Fingern - His heart--in bloodied fingers--
Zu grausem Abendmahle! For a terrible Last Supper

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from Pierrot Lunaire, released August 15, 2014

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Jordan Randall Smith Baltimore, Maryland

Award-winning conductor Jordan Randall Smith is a conductor, percussionist, vocalist, writer, composer, music educator, and writer from Dallas currently living in Baltimore. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Dallas Festival of Modern Music, Asst. Conductor of the Peabody Opera Theater, and a Cover Conductor with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. ... more

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