Sometimes you go back to go forward. After completing Lysistrata and the new concerto Four Angels, I spent half a year revisiting some previous (rushed, late) orchestral scores: the cantata Late Victorians, and the first drafts of the suite from Little Women and the Overture to Lysistrata. Recording details TBA: stay tuned…
Four Angels: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (2007)
Commissioned by The National Symphony Orchestra: introduced by Dotian Levalier, harpist, and The National Symphony at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in June 2007: Leonard Slatkin, conductor.
A conversation with Stephen Brooke, for The Washington Post
An essay on how it was composed, for NewMusicBox
Responses from Tim Page, The Washington Post
...and from Tim Smith, in The Baltimore Sun
from I: Metatron
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from II: Sraosha
Audio Clip 2
from III: Regina Coeli
Audio Clip 3
from IV: Mik'hail
Audio Clip 4
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
Late Victorians (1995: revised 2007)
Poems by Emily Dickinson: text by Richard Rodriguez. Commissioned by Eclipse Chamber Orchestra: revised version introduced by Emily Pulley, soprano, Richard Kleinfeldt, narrator, and Eclipse Chamber Orchestra at The George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, VA. in May 2007: Sylvia Alimena, conductor.
A response from Cecelia Porter in The Washington Post
Excerpts offered with the kind permission of Eclipse Chamber Orchestra.
from II: Crumbling is not an instant's act
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from IV: The life we have is very great
Audio Clip 6
Published by Fluent Music, Inc.
Alcott Music (1999: revised 2007)
Music from the opera Little Women for percussion, piano, celesta, and strings. Commissioned by Eclipse Chamber Orchestra: revised version introduced by Eclipse Chamber Orchestra at The George Washington Masonic Memorial. in Alexandria, VA. in October 2007. Sylvia Alimena, conductor.
A response from Cecilia Porter in The Washington Post
Excerpts offered with the kind permission of Eclipse Chamber Orchestra.
from I: Jo
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from II: Meg
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from III: Alma and Gideon
Audio Clip 9
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
Overture to Lysistrata (2006)
Commissioned by New York City Opera: introduced by New York City Opera as part of their performances of Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess at Lincoln Center in March-April 2006. George Manahan, conductor.
Excerpts offered with the kind permission of Eclipse Chamber Orchestra.
Overture to Lysistrata
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