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Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio is a large scale orchestral oratorio composed by Elliot Goldenthal, commissioned and performed by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in 1993 for the 20th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, it was subsequently recorded in mid 1995 and released commercially in 1996. Yo-Yo Ma performed Solo Cello on "Part I"; other performers include: The Pacific Chorale & Children's Chorus the Ngah-Khoi Vietnamese Children's Choir, Ann Panagulias and James Maddalena; it was conducted by Carl St. Clair.
It is not considered an archetypal oratorio as it doesn't tell a story so much as it brings together many different poems and words of praise, the latter adding a sort of religious aspect in the form of requiem.[1]
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- Part I: Offertorium (32:08)
- Part II: Scherzo (giang co) (14:14)
- Part III: Hymn (19:19)
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