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- Augusta Read Thomas
Of Paradise and Light (2010)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- str (no db)
- 5 min
- 27th April 2024, Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America
- 25th June 2024, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
Programme Note
Premiere
September 8, 2010
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Seattle, WA
Note
The work on tonight’s program, Of Paradise and Light, is a world premiere orchestral transcription of Read Thomas’ 2008 setting of e e cummings’ poem, (kiss me), for girls’ chorus. Thomas describes this new version as a work loosely in the tradition of Barber’s Adagio for Strings: one which draws on the subtle and nuanced colors of the Orchestra’s string sections to create a soulful work of reflection, “as though a sliver of paradise and light came down to shine upon a garden of colorful flowers.”
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Media
string orchestra version
All-Star Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
