Harry Partch (1901-1974) • Revelation in the Courthouse Park 2 CDs

Harry Partch (1901-1974) • Revelation in the Courthouse Park 2 CDs

CD 1
Chorus One
1.1 Park Prologue 2:15
1.2 Fanfare And March 1:36
1.3 Forever Ummora 1:33
1.4 Save My Soul And Bless My Heart 2:55
1.5 Wunnantu Anda: Primitive Percussion Ritual 2:09
1.6 Heavenly Daze And A Million Years: Climax Of Welcome 1:28
Scene One
2.1 Scene One 1:52
2.2 Hymn To Dionysus: Holy Joy And Get Religion 10:44
Chorus Two
3 Chorus Two 8:20
Scene Two
4.1 Hymn To Dionysus: What The Majority Believes 5:19
4.2 Hymn To Dionysus: Glory To The Male Womb 1:18
Chorus Three
5.1 1. Fireworks Ritual: Those Good Old Fashioned Thrills 1:19
5.2 2. Not So Young: Ritual For Adolescent Girls And Brass 1:26
5.3 2a. Not So Young 0:47
5.4 3. Ishbu Kubu: Revelation Of The Mystic Power 2:26
5.5 3a. Ishbu Kubu 1:06
5.6 3b. Ishbu Kubu 0:27
5.7 4. Tumble On: Climax Of Welcome 1:31
5.8 4a Tumble On 2:26
CD 2
Scene Three
1.1 Scene Three 9:20
1.2 Hymn To Dionysus: O To Be Free Where No Man Is 6:03
Chorus Four
2 Chorus Four 6:49
Scene Four
3.1 Hymn To Dionysus: Hell-Hounds Of Madness 4:22
3.2 Hymn To Dionysus: Continuation 3:26
Coda
4 Coda 3:36

Chorus: Floyd Wesley Green, III, Frank Berry, Milo Morris, Todd Gross,  Anne Lewis, Cynthia Marie Prioleau, Kathleen Warner, Mary Ellen Grant, Shoshana S. Shay, Sylvia Byrd-Leitner • Conductor: Danlee Mitchell • Bass: Calvin Little • Cello: Ron Lipscomb • Drums: Linda Kade • Guitar: Russell Ferrara, William Newman • Boo: Bill Kerrigan, Howard Johnson • Bowls, Spoils of War: Jon Szanto, Bruce Shaffin • Chromeleodeon: Howard Levitsky, Andrea Clearfield • Harmonic Canon: Carolyn Mather, Karen McCabe • Kithara: William Ghezzi, Anne Sullivan • Marimba: Robert Patterson, Robert Zollman, Linda Shell-Pluth, Augusta Cheshire, Randy Hoffman • Piccolo Flute: Mary Burke, Steve Tanzer • Trombone: Scott Van Patter, Tom Elliot • Trumpet: Bill Hughes, Nancy Dowlin, Scott Marino • Tuba: Brian Brown • Vocals (Dion, Rockstar And Hollywood King Of Ishbu Kubu And Dionysus, Ancient God Of The Bacchae): Obba Babatunde • Vocals (Korypheus): Olivia Williams • Vocals: (Mom, Devotee Of Ishbu Kubu And Mother Of Sonny And Agave, Leader Of The Theban Bacchae And Mother Of Pentheus): Suzanne Costallos • Vocals (Sonny, Young Man In The Courthouse Park And Pentheus, Young King Of Ancient Thebes): Christopher Durham • Vocals (The Cop And The Guard): Rozwill Young • Vocals (The Hobo And Tiresias, Blind Prophet): Edward Earle • Vocals (The Mayor And Cadmus, Founder Of Thebes And Grandfather Of Pentheus): Casper Roos • Vocals (The Vendor And The Herdsman): Matthew Kimbrough

Tomato Records, The premiere of Revelation In The Courthouse Park took place in October, 1987 at the Great Hall at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA