Commissioned by organist Hans Davidsson, this work can be performed only on the Italian Baroque organ at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. The CD part is derived from the composer's reading of Chapter 2, Verse 7, of Genesis, or Bereshit, in five different languages: Latin (Vulgate), Hebrew (Masoretic Text), German (Luther Bibel), Spanish (Reina-Valera Antigua), and English (King James). inspirivation exists in three forms: inspirivation i, for CD only (premiered on December 20, 2006, at the Eastman School of Music); inspirivation ii, for a performer on the Italian Baroque organ (premiered April 15, 2007, by Hans Davidsson); and inspirivation i+ii (premiered April 15, 2007, by Hans Davidsson), for a performer on the Italian Baroque organ and CD.
Listen to an excerpt from inspirivation i+ii
Hans Davidsson, organist; Lars Gjerde, registrant; David Baskeyfield, calcant
Hans Davidsson performs inspirivation i+ii, assisted by Lars Gjerde
Credit: Tiffany Ng
