Ex Stasis

Four Voices and Orchestra

Work Details

Ex Stasis
(2008)
WORK DURATION
30:00
AUTHOR
Paul Horan
WORK CODE
GF/ES
Instrumentation
S, MSop, T, Bar Soli + 3(pic:pic:pic).3.3.3 / 4.3.3.1 / timp.5perc / cel / pf / hp / str
COMMISSION DETAILS
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Premiere
Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), Mere Boynton (mezzo-sop), James Eggleston (tenor), George Henare (baritone), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Tecwyn Evans (cond), Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, NZ, 15 May 2008
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Ex Stasis is a symphonic song cycle for four voices and orchestra in which Farr charts colonial guilt and redemption.

From the Composer

An exstasy, in its original sense, means "standing outside of oneself" – it is being in a state of removal from your normal physical and mental experience and is a momentary experience of a different plane of existence. Rather than telling a story, Ex Stasis is more about a moment in time, a meditation or an overlapping collection of conversations, myths, and stories.