The Hubble Cantata, by Paola Prestini & Royce Vavrek

The Hubble Cantata

by Paola Prestini & Royce Vavrek

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1.	Fistful of Stars 02:43	buy track
2.	Home Never 02:46	buy track
3.	A Story Drawn with Feet 04:46	buy track
4.	Night Nurses 02:48	buy track
5.	Septuple Salchows 02:37	buy track
6.	Dark Matter 03:02	buy track
7.	The Rocking Chair 02:01	buy track
8.	E=mc2 00:57	buy track
9.	Eraser Howl 03:44	buy track
10.	Supernovae 01:02	buy track
11.	On Jupiter (A Mother Outlives Her Son) 01:43	buy track
12.	Laughing, Sleeping, Living 01:58	buy track
13.	Heart Pulls and Betelgeuse 04:15	buy track
14.	The Multiverse 00:58	buy track
15.	Aurora/Hubble’s Death 03:45	buy track
16.	Extrasolar Life 02:31	buy track
17.	Data Hums 08:46	buy track
18.	Fistful of Stars 05:35	buy track

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The Hubble Cantata is a cosmic mystery set on earth and in the multiverse:

A husband searches for his missing wife, combing the symbols of her life…

The stars guide him to countless constellations, through endless galaxies;

She returns to her husband in the form of photographs taken by The Hubble Telescope.

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released May 19, 2017

Music by Paola Prestini
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Advisor & Narrator Dr. Mario Livio
Conducted by Julian Wachner
Featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone; Jessica Rivera, soprano

Performances by:
1B1 (Jan Bjøranger, Artistic Director)
NOVUS NY (Julian Wachner, Music Director)
The Washington Chorus (Julian Wachner, Music Director)
Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Dianne Berkun Menaker, Artistic Director)
3D Sound Design by Arup
Terence Caulkins, Lead 3D Sound Designer
Léonard Roussel, 3D Sound Designer
Raj Patel, Producer 3D Sound Experience
Photography Sasha Arutyunova, featuring Wendy Whelan
Arturo Olmos, Photo Assistant
Lara Quiñones, Hair and Makeup
Creative direction & concept Eliza McNitt
Package design by Ben Tousley
Produced & commissioned by VisionIntoArt/National Sawdust

Produced in association with Beth Morrison Projects
Original commission by Bay Chamber Concerts for A New Frontier 2013
Produced with support from
Jill & Bill Steinberg, Executive Producers
Time Warner Inc. in collaboration with 150
National Endowment for the Arts
Public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council
The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York

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VIA Records New York

National Sawdust Tracks is the non-profit, in-house record label and recording studio of National Sawdust; an artist-led, multidisciplinary new music venue in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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