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''Out of the Ruins'' is a choral work by
Michael Nyman for an eponymous BBC documentary by
Agnieszka Piotrowska in commemorating the first anniversary of the
1988 Spitak earthquake
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in
Armenia
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7 December 1988, which aired on the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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's ''
40 Minutes''. The texts are from
Grigor Narekatsi's ''
Book of Lamentations
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''. It was
conducted
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by
Khoren Meykhnanejian Khoren ( hy, Խորեն) is an Armenian given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Khoren Bayramyan (born 1992), Russian professional football player of Armenian descent
*Khoren Kalashyan (born 1984), Armenian football agent
*Khoren Gevor ( ...
.
The album, Nyman's fourteenth, was the first release by Nyman on which he did not perform but did produce, was released by
Silva Screen Records and all proceeds from the sale of the album were donated to
Aid Armenia.
The music became the basis of Nyman's ''
String Quartet No. 3'', which in turn became the basis of the score for ''
Carrington''. It also appeared in part in ''
À la folie'', in unreleased music from ''
Practical Magic
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'', and in ''
The End of the Affair
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'' and ''
The Claim''.
Personnel
*Performed by the
Holy Echmiadzin Chorus
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*Conducted by
Khoren Meykhanejian Khoren ( hy, Խորեն) is an Armenian given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Khoren Bayramyan (born 1992), Russian professional football player of Armenian descent
*Khoren Kalashyan (born 1984), Armenian football agent
*Khoren Gevor ( ...
*''
40 Minutes'' Editor:
Caroline Pick
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*Location Sound Recordist:
David Briscome
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(BBC TV)
*Post Production:
PRT Studios
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,
London
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*Engineer:
Michael J. Dutton
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*Produced by
David Cunningham and Michael Nyman
*Special thanks to
Ian Amos and
George Kurkjian,
OBE
*Executive Producer for Silva Screen Records Ltd:
Reynold Da Silva
*CD Release Supervision:
David Stoner and James Fitzpatrick
*Photographs:
Agniezka Piotrowska
*Cover graphic design:
Iain Macdonald
*CD layout:
The One Hand Clapping Company
*Translation and transliteration of choral text:
Mark Sarafyan
References
External links
DVD Out of the Ruins
1989 soundtrack albums
Television soundtracks
Silva Screen Records soundtracks
Michael Nyman soundtracks
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