Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra 2012-05-28 CD Charleston Soundboard

Program: "Kepler" opera in two Acts [2009] (US premiere) Music by Philip Glass Libretto in English and Latin by Martina Winkel 137:12 minutes tracklist part 1 79:42 minutes 01 radio intro a 6:46 02 radio intro b 0:30 Philip Glass: "Kepler" 03 Prologue 6:49 Act I 04 01 I Questions-1 1:07 05 02 II Polyeder 5:37 06 03 III Genesis 8:48 07 04 IV Gryphius-1 Auf die Nacht (Upon the Night) 6:48 08 05 V Physica Coelestis 8:32 09 06 VI Gryphius-2 2:06 10 07 VII Questions-2 2:28 11 08 VIII Gryphius-3 5:40 12 09 Eyes. 7:23 13 10 Optical Paradox 8:30 14 11 - 7:19 15 radio outro 1:10 part 2 57:32 minutes 16 radio intro a 1:50 17 radio intro b 0:30 Philip Glass: "Kepler" Act 2 18 01 I "On Astrology" 9:32 19 02 II Gryphius-4: "To the Stars" 12:12 20 03 III "Hypotheses" 2:11 21 04 IV Gryphius-5: "Tears of the Fatherland" 8:22 22 05 V "Ephemerides" 7:31 23 06 - 7:08 24 07 Epilogue 6:12 25 radio outro 1:58 Principals: John Hancock, baritone: Kepler The Scholars: Anne-Carolyne Bird: soprano Leah Wool: soprano Kathryn Krasovec: mezzo-soprano Gregory Schimdt: tenor Dan Kempson: baritone Matt Boehler: bass The Westminster Choir Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra John Kennedy, conductor