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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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A movement from an orchestral trilogy I wrote based on the Yeats poem. The 'rough beast' can indeed be heard in the track. It's orchestrated as a Lion's Roar, which is a percussion instrument, in combination with a musical saw!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_roar_(instrument)

Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, E-Flat Clarinet, 2 B-Flat Clarinets, B-Flat Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 French Horns in F, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani(4), Bongos, Power Toms, Roto Toms, Saw, Lead Pipe, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Woodblocks, Whip, Suspended Cymbal, Ratchet, Drum Sticks, Lion's Roar, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Double Bass Solo, Violin I, Violin II, Violas, Violoncello, Double Basses
Released: 20-Nov-2023
Category: Classical
Application: Other
File type: mp3
File size: 8.8 Mb
Plays: 18
Downloads: 1
Weekly plays: 1
Weekly downloads: 1
License: No derivative works allowed
Lyrics
The Second Coming (Yeats)

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst   
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.   
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out   
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert   
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,   
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,   
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it   
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.   
The darkness drops again; but now I know   
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,   
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,   
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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I have a great time listening to this masterpiece! /Tom
11 months ago
artist
Incredible piece my friend. Not sure to get all the instruments envolved here but the list is impressive.
11 months ago
I listened to this 3 times and downloaded it. I really like this music.
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Fab!
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Intriguing… superb! ❤️
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Wow…amazing piece of music.
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11 months ago
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Lovely sonic landscape John. Mix is good as well.
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