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Virus Cosmos

by David Hahn

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Virus Cosmos: Introduction is the first of a projected seven-movement oratorio for choir, instruments, and electronic sounds. The late Andrea von Ramm, wrote the libretto which was influenced by an exhibition from the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich called Virus Express: Rendez-vous im Überall (“Virus Express: Meetings in Everywhere”). The central theme of the oratorio envisions the concept of God as a Virus which “affects and inflicts” people in several different aspects, including religious, technical, and medical.

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High voice (spoken) Low voice (in alternatim)

No time no space No time no space
No beginning or end No beginning or end
Always Eternal
Nor here nor there Everywhere
The total presence In everything
In the past and in the future and in the past and in the future
Invisible, inconceivable —together— Invisible, inconceivable

Neither living nor dead HE is and is not
Almighty All-present Almighty, All-present
Impersonal inhuman Exalted
Changeable inchangeable Changeable inchangeable
Organic, Inorganic Lord of the living and dead
To be influenced To be inclined
But how? —together— But how?

A terrible power HIS fatherly power
Not recognizable Fatherly at the beginning
It is there and not there HE is everywhere
It spreads violently His word spreads widely
It disappears HE does not respond
It is not good nor evil HE is in in everything
...is all over —together— …all over

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released June 16, 2022
Narrators: Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie

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David Hahn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DAVID HAHN is a composer who makes music that is unique and deeply diverse. Many of his works have been commissioned and performed by esteemed ensembles and soloists. Mr. Hahn also collaborates with artists in film, video, theater, and spoken word.
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