Choral:
Congratulations to David Hodgkins and Coro Allegro for receiving the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award for their premiere of The Son of Man.
“The 2012 award goes to Coro Allegro, an adult volunteer ensemble in Boston led by David Hodgkins. The ensemble collaborated in a world premiere by Kareem Roustom that expanded the singers’ musical world as well as exposing their audience to a brand new compositional voice.”
The Son of Man (2011)
Oratorio for Trumpet, Percussion, Soloists (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bass Baritone) S.A.T.B. & Organ.
Text by Kahlil Gibran from “Jesus The Son of Man: His words and His deeds as told and recorded by those who knew Him”
Premiere: May 8th 2011 Brookline, MA
Duration ca. 58 minutes
Audio recorded by John Weston at Futura Productions, video filmed and edited by Extraneous Noise.
The Boston Globe “The music… is pitched toward the impassioned, adapting Arabic-derived scales into a rich, heavily perfumed chromaticism, affording both eerie atmosphere and high-impact drama. Moment to moment, [Roustom's] invention is prolific.” Read the full article here.
I. PHUMIAH THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF SIDON TO THE OTHER PRIESTESSES: An Invocation
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II. BENJAMIN THE SCRIBE: Let The Dead Bury Their Dead
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III. MARY MAGDALEN: On Meeting Jesus For The Very First Time
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IV. JOHN THE BAPTIST: He Speaks In Prison To His Disciples
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V. A WOMAN, ONE OF MARY’S NEIGHBORS: A Lamentation
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VI. A MAN FROM LEBANON: Nineteen Centuries Afterward
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Special thanks to the Gibran National Committee for permission to use the text.
Hot Tea, Mint & Olives (2007) – Instrumentation: S.S.A. & Piano
Commissioned by and premiered by the Boston Children’s Chorus on June 14th 2008. Text is by Ibtisam Barakaat.
Duration ca. 12 minutes
Hot Tea, Mint & Olives: I. Tea Invitation
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Hot Tea, Mint & Olives: II. The Alphabets of My Life
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Hot Tea, Mint & Olives: III. The Song of the Zaytoon Trees
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