Westlake: Missa Solis

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8 Νοεμβρίου 2019

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Nigel Westlake:Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli

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Liam Crisanti (Treble)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Χορωδία)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Ορχήστρα)Nigel Westlake (Μαέστρος)

In the year 2000 it was suggested to Nigel Westlake by filmmaker John Weiley that he incorporates this text into his score for his IMAX film Solarmax. The film featured images of the sun’s furious surface and a narrative that probed mankind’s relationship with the sun from the perspective of scientific, historical and religious viewpoints. Westlake’s brief was to compose music to support the massive imagery, recent scientific research and weighty metaphors contained within the film.

In 2008, within weeks of finishing a 25-minute first draft, Nigel Westlake’s life was completely shattered by the sudden death of his 21-year-old son Eli.

Many things, including music, completely lost their relevance and meaning for Nigel. All plans went on hold, future work prospects were postponed or cancelled and Missa Solis lay idly on the desk for a year. When Westlake eventually saw the potential to further expand upon Missa Solis in a way that might somehow reflect the enormity of his loss, he pondered the parallel between the words ‘sun’ and ‘son’. Here lay the blueprint for Eli’s requiem.