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After rescuing a girl from an attempted gang-rape, 19 year old composer Christopher Mohr decided to use his composing art as a vehicle to confront his own "shadow.'' Over the next twenty years, the music drama unfolded into a discovery of that healing peace which even the most reprehensible acts cannot destroy.
"Chris Mohr’s life-long confrontation with his own “shadow” has taken the form of a grand multi-media event. For all its new-age and psychological content, both dramatically and musically, it falls into the category of the classical Rite of Passage. As in mythology, the hero’s journey represents the experience of society, while the soul struggles to accept the brutal nature of the human experience. In this case the hero is on a journey of self-exploration following a traumatic gang-rape. Thus, From The Realm of The Shadowis a timeless ritual seen from a contemporary perspective. It is rare nowadays to encounter a new drama that dares to deal with taboo issues. I am amazed by the amount of courage displayed in its creation.
Micha Hendel, Assistant Director, Washington National Opera |
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After rescuing a girl from an attempted gang-rape, 19 year old composer Christopher Mohr decided to use his composing art as a vehicle to meet his own "shadow.'' Over the next twenty years, the music drama unfolded into a discovery of that healing peace which even the most reprehensible acts cannot destroy.
The
wordless, all-vocalise choir and soloists tell the transcendent
story by singing melodies of haunting beauty. The music echoes a wide
range of styles, including Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Indian,
Romantic, early Twentieth Century, Microtonal, Folk, Rock and
Balinese. An enormous range of instruments is also represented: the
symphony orchestra and chorus, Ukrainian folk instruments, piano,
harpsichord, celeste, vibraphones, saxophones, synthesizers,
exotic percussion, pipe organ, sitar, early music instruments, and
others. An attempt was made to create the impression that all the
music of the world, and hence, the full range of human experience,
is
embraced by this piece.
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The wordless, all-vocalise choir and soloists tell the transcendent story by singing melodies of haunting beauty. The music echoes a wide range of styles, including Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Indian, Romantic, early Twentieth Century, Microtonal, Folk, Rock and Balinese. Listen to this 10-minute 
“As a director I am fascinated by the abstract “shadowscape” Chris Mohr has depicted. His music rises beyond the forms and styles he employs and strikes true originality. It takes the listener on a journey from the most primitive to the sublime. The lack of words, but the unfolding of riveting drama challenges the listener’s imagination to envision his own fantasy “staging.” My own preoccupation with the emotional effects of light, shadow, color, movement and sound responds to Chris’s magical hints on an instinctive level using stage technology that points towards the future."