The Earth Mass (Missa Gaia) is a child of the space age, born out of those adventures that enabled humans to view, for the first time in history, our planet home. This grand embrace began when the astronauts of Apollo 8, on Christmas Eve 1968, sent from the moon the “Earthrise” photo that appears on the cover of this DVD. The Earth Mass was created by the Paul Winter Consort in 1981, soon after they became artists-in-residence at the worlds largest cathedral, New York’s St. John the Divine, as an ecological, ecumenical celebration of “Mother Earth” (Missa Gaia in Greek). The performance in this DVD took place at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Portland, Maine, with a chorus of 175, during the 50th anniversary year of this milestone for humanity.
TRACKLIST:
1. Adoro te Devote
2. Canticle of Brother Sun
3. Beatitudes
4. Kyrie
5. Mystery
6. The Promise of a Fisherman (Iemanja)
7. Agnus Dei
8. Sound Over All Waters
9. Stained-Glass Morning
10. Sanctus and Benedictus
11. Sun Singer
12. The Blue Green Hills of Earth
13. Joy
14. The Rain is Over and Gone
15. Wolf Eyes
16. Let Us Depart in Peace
17. Air
18. Icarus
19. Common Ground
PAUL WINTER CONSORT
Paul Winter/soprano sax
Theresa Thomason/voice
Eugene Friesen/cello
Tim Ray/piano
Peter Slavov/bass
Michael Wimberly/drums
Maxime Cholley/percussion
Juan Mejia/percussion
Janet Yieh/organ
with the voices of Wolf, Whale, Wood Thrush, Bell-Bird, and Harp Seals
For the complete story of the Earth Mass, along with notes on the songs, please go to paulwinter.com/earth-mass.
Dedication: to William Irwin Thompson, great friend and mentor.
Event Production: Camille Saucier
DVD Produced by Paul Winter and Kay Winter
Video Editing by Jordan LeMere
Audio Mixing by Dixon Van Winkle
Total Time: 01:40:50 paulwinter.com
©℗ 2020. All Rights Reserved. LIVING MUSIC is distributed by Earth Music Productions, LLC, PO Box 72, Litchfield, CT 06759. Warning: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in the USA.
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