Ensemble parts from the work for Flute (doubling Piccolo) Clarinet in B flat* Very large Tam-Tam (sounding from a high gallery) and Choir (SSATTBB).* Notated in C in the score. 'According to Hindu Cosmology we live at the end of a cycle the Kali Yuga the Dark Age. There are two important sayings of Christ that should accompany his disciples always during these challengingtimes. The first is The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against my Church (Matthew 16 v. 18); and the second I am with you always unto the end of theworld (Matthew 28 v. 20). These sayings form the basis of this work which falls into two main sections each with the same structure and with linkedmaterial. Each section begins with Kali Yuga which I have tried to represent in a chaotic unstructured way in contrast to the cosmic Cries of Humanity to Christ (Kyrie eleison - Lord have mercy) and Christ s responses fromSaint Matthew s Gospel.The work ends with a serene Coda of the sacred monosyllable OM representing the peace and beatitude of God s presence. The intermingling of Christianity and Hinduism is an important simile forour times; in the same way early Christianity did not hesitate to incorporate Jewish and Greek thought.' - John Tavener
