SUFJAN STEVENS - THE BQE (LP)

Sufjan Stevens The BQE On Vinyl LP

Sufjan Stevens presents The BQE, a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop. Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music, The BQE was originally performed in the Howard Gilman Opera House in celebration of the 25th anniversary Next Wave Festival in October of 2007.

Limited edition double gatefold vinyl includes large scale 32-page booklet with liner notes and photographs, and a black-and-white version of the 40-page Hooper Heroes comic book.

Sufjan Stevens The BQE Track Listing

1.  Prelude on the Esplanade
2.  Introductorty Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
3.  Movement I-In the Countenance of Kings
4.  Movement II-Sleeping Invader
5.  Interlude I-Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation
6.  Movement III-Linear Tableau with Intersecting Surprise
7.  Movement IV-Traffic Shock
8.  Movement V-Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns
9.  Interlude II-Subi Power Waltz
10. Interlude III-Invisible Accidents
11. Movement VI-Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges
12. Movement VII (Finale)-The Emperor of Centrifuge
13. Postlude-Critical Mass