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Fortune Has Turned    chamber music  (2005)

"Fortune Has Turned announces a distinct and alert voice... | There is no denying Lastovicka's skill... | There is a real sense of power and refined craft."
                                          --FANFARE MAGAZINE

Five powerful chamber pieces designed for piano, strings, horn and voice that offer the first glimpse into
Chris Lastovicka's psychological, vibrant work.

 

1.Abraxas (12:31)  trailer
2.The Tender Ones (10:29)
3.The 7th Chapter of Job (7:34)
4.Shanti (13:10)
5.The End of Tyranny (5:24)

Crossing the Horizon
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Crossing the Horizon    chamber opera  (2011)

"Chris Lastovicka's score for Crossing the Horizon is easily evocative, but not derivative, of a Hollywood movie score, featuring a cyclical string motif that both thrills and entrances."
                                          --chron.com (HOUSTON CHRONICLE)

On the most literal level, Crossing the Horizon is about UFO abduction. At the same time, the opera enacts a journey of archetypal significance: The characters must face the presence of a powerful and unexplainable force in order to become whole.

 

Album duration: 50:05
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Under and Above    electronic  (upcoming release)

Contemplate the afterlife, or the lack thereof.
 "Spring" explores the question of what is born anew in the spring and what does not survive the winter. "Dwelling-place" places you at rest beneath the earth; vegetation and life overhead become your life.

 

1.Spring (18:23)
2.Dwelling-place (22:18)