Floating Points
Mere Mortals (CD)
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This album Mere Mortals is composer-producer Floating Points’s (Sam Shepherd) first full-length ballet score. Shepherd, who is known for mesmeric live sets that often combine acoustic and electronic instruments, wrote the work in response to a commission from Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet.
Inspired by the myth of Pandora and laced with metatextual poetry, Mere Mortals was premiered at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House in January 2024, directed by Rojo, with choreography by Aszure Barton and design and visuals by Hamill Industries. The score blends orchestral and electronic sounds to powerful effect, echoing the retelling of the myth by drawing parallels between Pandora’s story and the unforeseeable impact of scientific progress on our own society today.
| 1 | Movement 1 - Fire | 5:25 | |
| 2 | Movement 2 - Hope | 0:44 | |
| 3 | Movement 3 - Rage Of The Gods | 3:11 | |
| 4 | Movement 4 - Zeus' Command | 3:31 | |
| 5 | Movement 5 - Pandora's Creation | 6:41 | |
| 6 | Movement 6 - Pandora's Theme | 4:27 | |
| 7 | Gift From The Gods | 2:30 | |
| 8 | Falling To Earth | 9:18 | |
| 9 | Prometheus' Warning | 3:30 | |
| 10 | Her Gift | 5:36 | |
| 11 | Opening Of The Jar | 6:07 | |
| 12 | A Plea | 4:36 | |
| 13 | Hope Taking Flight | 1:39 | |
| 14 | Nowhere To Land | 3:56 |
- Eric Chi
- Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
- Scott Thornton
- Bass Trombone [Principal]
- Dana Jackson
- Bassoon
- Rufus Olivier
- Bassoon [Principal]
- Britton Day
- Celesta [Celeste], Synthesizer [Rhodes Chroma], Synthesizer [Therevox ET4.3]
- Matthew Linaman
- Cello
- Michelle Djokic
- Cello
- Ruth Lane
- Cello
- Saul Richmond-Rakerd
- Cello
- Mariko Wyrick
- Cello [Assistant Principal]
- Thalia Moore
- Cello [Associate Principal]
- Eric Sung
- Cello [Principal]
- Sean Krissman
- Clarinet [Principal]
- San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
- Commissioned By
- Michael Minor
- Contrabass
- Mark Wallace
- Contrabass [AssistantPrincipal]
- Shinji Eshima
- Contrabass [Associate Principal]
- Jon Lancelle
- Contrabass [Principal]
- Lara Serafin
- Copyist
- Sean Martin
- Engineer [Headphone Engineer]
- Tim Pennells
- Engineer, Mixed By [Mix Assistant]
- Julie McKenzie
- Flute, Piccolo Flute
- Stephanie McNab
- Flute, Piccolo Flute
- Susan Kang
- Flute, Piccolo Flute [Principal]
- Annabelle Taubl
- Harp [Principal]
- Miriam Adefris
- Harp [Soloist]
- Keith Green
- Horn
- Phillip Palmore
- Horn
- Brian McCarty
- Horn [Associate Principal]
- Kevin Rivard
- Horn [Principal]
- Tracy Davis
- Management [Orchestra Personnel Manager], Administrator [Music Administrator]
- Martin West
- Music Director, Conductor [Principal]
- Matthew Naughtin
- Music Librarian
- Marilyn Coyne
- Oboe
- Laura Griffiths
- Oboe [Principal]
- Ben Paysen
- Percussion
- McKenzie Langefeld
- Percussion
- Victor Avdienko
- Percussion [Principal]
- Chloe Murphy
- Product Manager
- Nanja Oedi
- Product Manager
- Robert Gatley
- Recorded By [Pro Tools Recordist]
- Dann Michael Thompson
- Recorded By [Recording Engineer]
- Arianna Rodriguez
- Soprano Vocals
- Sam Shepherd
- Synthesizer [Buchla 200e], Piano, Synthesizer [Soma Lyra], Synthesizer [Therevox ET4.3]
- Zubin Hathi
- Timpani [Principal]
- Michael Cox
- Trombone
- Jeffrey Budin
- Trombone [Principal]
- Joseph Brown
- Trumpet
- Adam Luftman
- Trumpet [Principal]
- Peter Wahrhaftig
- Tuba [Principal]
- Emily Onderdonk
- Viola
- Katherine Johnk
- Viola
- Natalia Vershilova
- Viola
- Elizabeth Prior
- Viola [Assistant Principal]
- Joy Fellows
- Viola [Associate Principal]
- Yi Zhou
- Viola [Principal]
- Dian Zhang
- Violin [1]
- Emma Votapek
- Violin [1]
- Georges Hayes
- Violin [1]
- Jennifer Cho
- Violin [1]
- Mariya Borozina
- Violin [1]
- Minsun Choi
- Violin [1]
- Robin Hansen
- Violin [1]
- Wenyi Shih
- Violin [1]
- Cordula Merks
- Violin [1], Concertmaster
- Heidi Wilcox
- Violin [1], Concertmaster [Assistant]
- Heeguen Song
- Violin [1], Concertmaster [Associate]
- Jeanelle Meyers
- Violin [2; Assistant Principal]
- Craig Reiss
- Violin [2; Associate Principal]
- Ani Bukujian
- Violin [2; Principal]
- Bronwyn James
- Violin [2]
- Evan Price
- Violin [2]
- Karen Shinozaki Sor
- Violin [2]
- Laura Keller
- Violin [2]
- Mayumi Wyrick
- Violin [2]
