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- Augusta Read Thomas
Of Paradise and Light (2010)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
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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A very special moment was achieved in contemporary American composer Augusta Read Thomas’ Of Paradise and Light for strings. The writing is simply brilliant as Thomas sculpted the lines unexpectedly and creatively. Burton and the VSO delivered it with tender care and beauty.
Discography
A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas
- LabelNimbus Alliance
- Catalogue Number6262
- ConductorWilliam Boughton
- EnsembleNew Haven Symphony
- Released14th October 2014
