The Cave (Steve Reich)

Composition title: The Cave

Year: 1993

Composer: Steve Reich

Movements:

Act I:

I. Typing Music (Genesis XVI)
II. Who is Abraham?
III. Genesis XII
IV. Who is Sarah?
V. Who is Hagar?
VI. Typing Music Repeat
VII. Who is Ishmael?
VIII. Genesis XVIII
IX. Who is Isaac?
X. Genesis XXI
XI. The casting out of Ishmael and Hagar
XII. Machpelah Commentary
XIII. Genesis XXV (chanted in Hebrew from the Torah by Ephrim Isaac)
XIV. Interior of the Cave

Act II:

I. Surah 3 (chanted in Arabic from the Koran by Sheikh Dahoud Atalah, Muqri of Al-Aksa Mosque)
II. Who is Ibrahim?
III. Who is Hajar?
IV. The near sacrifice
V. El Khalil Commentary
VI. Interior of the cave

Act III:

I. Who is Abraham?
II. Who is Sarah?
III. Who is Hagar?
IV. Who is Ishmael?
V. The Binding of Isaac
VI. The Cave of Macpelah

External links:

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