THE DAY THE TOWERS FELL - ALAN LORBER & 21ST CENTURY ORCHESTRA EP

THE DAY THE TOWERS FELL - ALAN LORBER & 21ST CENTURY ORCHESTRA EP CARDBOARD CASE

1. DAY THE TOWERS FELL (Abridged) 5:44 2. DAY THE TOWERS FELL (Complete) 17:35

Review of Prof. Gary Burns, Professor and Acting Chair Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University

Alan Lorber's "9/11: Day The Towers Fell" is a heartfelt musical cry. At the same time, it is bracing and completely unsentimental -- complicated, rhythmically jarring, and mostly dissonant. It is a fitting requiem -- solemn, disturbing, and angry. The music is the message.

Composer’s Commentary:

I hear the cacophony of the street, the policeman's whistles, the confusion and immediacy. I hear the constant drumming of great catastrophe. I hear underlying the murmur of injured and dying, fear and bravery; I hear falling people and falling buildings, the corteges, the hooves of coming horsemen, the braying, mournful bagpipes of firemen brought to their graves. I hear the trumpets of hope, prayer and a clapping of hands, together, speaking as one suspended in permanence, a sound of humanity in protest, in remembrance. I hear a chord that hangs forever, an eternal flame that burns the words, "The Day The Towers Fell."

A powerful music/video of the abridged version of the work can be viewed on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrprcIp_Z5k)