'LAST WORLD STANDING, The Heroes of Peace' is the “sequel” to 'KAKEHASHI: That We Might Live'. Scored for Dramatic Wind Symphony, Dancers, Singers & Images of the 3rd Millennium, piece #939 asks, “What is the version of the world when all war is finally done? What is the Last World Standing?”

At its world premiere by the Rundfunk Blasorchester

'LAST WORLD STANDING, The Heroes of Peace' is the “sequel” to 'KAKEHASHI: That We Might Live'. Scored for Dramatic Wind Symphony, Dancers, Singers & Images of the 3rd Millennium, piece #939 asks, “What is the version of the world when all war is finally done? What is the Last World Standing?”

At its world premiere by the Rundfunk Blasorchester Reid, conducted by Karl Geroldinger in Linz Austria’s The Brucknerhaus, the 33-minute work received an 18-minute standing ovation.

'LAST WORLD STANDING, The Heroes of Peace' is part of 'Stormworks Chapter 13:Whispers on the Wind'. This DVD was made at the premiere in October of 2006 in Linz, Austria.

Get your accompanying SCORE NOTES here: https://stephenmelillo.com/digital-libretti. Scroll to "LAST WORLD STANDING Score Notes."

You can explore the Score at stormworld.com, under Chapter 13.

Godspeed!

Stephen Melillo Composer

More links if you ever want to go deeper into the Story of the Story…

Kakehashi: THAT WE MIGHT LIVE 
https://stormworld.com/chapters-5-8-writings-on-the-wall

STORMWORKS Digital Libretti where you can find Chapter 5:8 Writings on the Wall
http://stephenmelillo.com/digital_libretti/

“The History of History.” (200 pages of emails that went back and forth between Colonel Junichiro Eguchi and I, and through a Translator.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfoc9156lipxcek/HISTORY_of_HISTORY_lr.pdf?dl=0

Excerpt from Kakehashi” That We Might Live (from Kakehashi: That We Might Live) https://vimeo.com/124332343

Kakehashi: THAT WE MIGHT LIVE (DVD available on Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IK8WZ8/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

GOD BLESS AMERICA (from Kakehashi: That We Might Live) https://youtu.be/teGePaJlwUU

LAST WORLD STANDING (The Sequel to Kakehashi: That We Might Live) (Uses VisaREEL™ & PHOTO®hythm) https://stephenmelillo.com/chapter-13-whispers-on-the-wind

LAST WORLD STANDING on YouTube https://youtu.be/pYAn5136l7U

VisaREEL™ & PHOTO®hythm https://youtu.be/MQJ-irP5IAY

HYMN to MARINES on Youtube https://youtu.be/gUM0IqWerXQ

ETERNAL FATHER (youtube) https://youtu.be/SIt1IB4j8Jo

FOREVER STRONG EXPLORE (A Tribute to the USS Indianapolis) https://stormworld.com/forever-strong-explore

FOREVER STRONG (6:53 Demo from the film) https://vimeo.com/133759682