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Vikings of the Sunrise

NPR
Published November 3, 1996 at 10:00 PM MST

Tom Manoff reviews "Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy on the Polynesian Star Path Navigators," by Stephen Scott and the Bowed Piano Ensemble. The piece was composed as a meditation on navigators of the Pacific Ocean...from the ancient Polynesians to the 16th Century Portuguese to Thor Heyerdahl. Scott and his musicians create sounds by playing the interior metal strings of pianos, making for an ethereal, layered sound.

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