a listening spirit gathers the echoes of creation

Here in version for male choir

Recording from European Gramophone

conductor Daniel Raiskin (recording from the premiere)

Ahimsa David a listening spirit gathers theAhimsa is Sanskrit and means "non violence". The tonality is based on the Indian seven tone bhairava scale: c, dess, e, f, g, ass, h. I use a complementary technique and thus bring in the notes of the western scale. A link between East and West. Ahimsa is the third composition, where I used single Sanskrit words. The two previous works are Shanti, shanti for orchestra with obligate soprano and Aum for soprano solo. The very word Ahimsa has for me an