Cappella Gedanensis perform The Breathing Hand

The Breathing Hand, live on the 23rd October 2016, Gdansk Old Town Hall
Composed by Jo Quail www.joquail.co.uk
Performed by Jo Quail and Cappella Gedanensis www.cappellagedanensis.pl
Conducted by Jos Pijnappel www.arrangeren.com
Recording, Mix, Mastering, Filming and Editing by Peter Junge www.peterjunge.com
Handheld video footage by Simon Kallas www.simonkallas.com

The Breathing Hand is the second movement of my third album ‘Five Incantations’ and is a musical exploration of the element of Air; originally scored for four cellos. Mohan Rana wrote ‘The Crossing’ as a response to this music, and this is the text I have set within the music. Composed in Hindi, the poetry was translated from English to Polish by Adam Zdrodowski, with contributions by Weronika Czepulonis.

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