Contemplate the music of three composers from the 20th and 21st centuries in their contrasting searches for peace. Adolphus Hailstork's joyful "Sonata da Chiesa" for strings invites religious meditation as it builds an opulent cathedral of sound in the style of a grand choral mass. In contrast, Jungyoon Wie's masterful "A Prayer for Peace" (a New Century co-commission with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra) makes poignant use of repetition and variation to represent the composer's own evolution in her journey as a Korean immigrant to the United States. Finally, the remarkable and intimate "Metamorphosen"--Richard Strauss's late-in-life string masterpiece--stands undimmed as a memorial for the victims of war and as inspiration to rebuild after tragedy.
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Contemplate the music of three composers from the 20th and 21st centuries in their contrasting searches for peace. Adolphus Hailstork's joyful "Sonata da Chiesa" for strings invites religious meditation as it builds an opulent cathedral of sound in the style of a grand choral mass. In contrast, Jungyoon Wie's masterful "A Prayer for Peace" (a New Century co-commission with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra) makes poignant use of repetition and variation to represent the composer's own evolution in her journey as a Korean immigrant to the United States. Finally, the remarkable and intimate "Metamorphosen"--Richard Strauss's late-in-life string masterpiece--stands undimmed as a memorial for the victims of war and as inspiration to rebuild after tragedy.
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