GORDON: Roman Rituals for solo horn
Saar Berger, horn - Ensemble Modern
PROGRAM NOTES:
The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw "tongues, as of fire" (Acts 2:3).
Pentecost comes from a Jewish harvest festival called Shavuot. The apostles were celebrating this festival when the Holy Spirit descended on them. It sounded like a very strong wind, and it looked like tongues of fire. The apostles then found themselves speaking in foreign languages, inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Pentecost is the Greek name for Shavuot, the spring harvest festival of the Israelites, which was going on when the Holy Spirit came. The disciples were together in Jerusalem after Jesus' Resurrection and return to heaven, fearful because he had left them.
Speaking in tongues is a spiritual gift that can be manifested as either a human language or a heavenly supernatural language in three ways: The "sign of tongues" refers to xenoglossia, wherein one speaks an actual language they have never learned.
Bible: 1 Corinthians 14 : Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God.
The devil mostly speaks a language of his own called Bellsybabble which he makes up himself as he goes along but when he is very angry he can speak quite bad French very well though some who have heard him say that he has a strong Dublin accent. The name "Bellsybabble" is a pun on Beelzebub, "babble" and Babel.
Vedic Sanskrit
In Vedic religion, "speech" Vāc, i.e. the language of liturgy, now known as Vedic Sanskrit, is considered the language of the gods.
The eight muscles of the human tongue are classified as either intrinsic or extrinsic. The four intrinsic muscles act to change the shape of the tongue, and are not attached to any bone.
TEXT REFERENCES:
Hebrew:
"Sha–bu–'ot" (Pentecost)
"mi–ba–tar yo–ma ṭa–ba" (after the holy day)
Latin:
“De–us” (God)
“Lin–gua” (tongue)
Greek:
“Kyr–i–e e–lei–son” (Lord have mercy)
Vedic Sanskrit:
“de–vá” (God)
“yaj–ñá” (sacrifice)
Babble/Babel:
“Bell–sy–bab–ble" (devil speech)
