Cathedral by Lou Rogai

purchase and stream:
https://lewisandclarkemusic.bandcamp.com/album/cathedral

"A beautiful lament that conveys with impeccable clarity what it is to give one's self to their own fate"
- The 405

“Music that transcends and transfixes, challenges and comforts”
Highway 81 Revisited

“A beautiful and meditative piece of art that surprises and delights by virtue of its embrace and suspension of traditional form, and its avant garde approach”
-All Around Sound

An experimental elegy for chamber ensemble in three movements. Orchestrations of classical guitar, winds, brass, synthesizer, vocals, and piano are woven with tendrils of string passages and field recordings. The movements are exercises and expressions on theme, working within the chambers and corridors of an overarching reference to inner cathedrals and internal sanctuary.

I. Arrival (0:01 - 4:47)
Lou Rogai: Guitar, Synth, Field Recordings
Julian Rogai: Contra Bass
Patrick McGee: Flute
Jay Rattman: Clarinet
Waring Ensemble: Strings

II. Acceptance (4:48 - 10:55)
This is right, this is right,
I will hold it all again
To regret, to regret,
will change the course that we have set
This is right, this is right,
I will hold it all again
Black and white, black and white,
will guide the eastern dawn to light

Lou Rogai - Vocals, Field Recordings, Synth
Patrick McGee: Soprano Saxophone
Jay Rattman: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Paul Arbogast: Trombone
Waring Ensemble: Strings

III. Ascent (10:56 - 16:56)
Lou Rogai: Piano, Field Recordings
Waring Ensemble: Strings
credits
released November 8, 2019

Composed by Lou Rogai
Produced by Lou Rogai
Co-Produced by Patrick McGee
Engineered by: Lou Rogai at Customer Service, Don Sternecker at Mix-o-lydian,
Daniel Smith at Sounds Familyre
Mixed by Don Sternecker at Mix-o-lydian
Field recordings mixed by Patrick McGee
"Acceptance" Score prepared by Joshua Stamper

(c)2019 Salted Feather Songs / Lou Rogai (ASCAP)

Credits

released November 8, 2019