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        • Silver Chants the Litanies (for horn and orchestra) (2004)

        • G Schirmer Inc (World)
        • 1+pic.1.2.0/2.1+pictpt.0.0/2perc/2pf.hp/str (6.5.4.3.0[=1] players)
        • Horn
        • 13 min

        Programme Note

        Related works:
        Silver Chants the LItanies (for horn and ensemble)
        Silver Chants the LItanies (for horn and orchestra)

        First performance:
        Greg Hustis, horn
        Meadows Wind Ensemble
        Jack Delaney, conductor
        Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
        February 20, 2004


        Scores

        Reviews

        Silver Chants the Litanies for horn and chamber orchestra (2003) was also impressive. A highly charged 12-minute work written as a memorial to the composer Luciano Berio, it takes us through multiple stages of loss, blind fury as well as grief. Matt Marks was the able soloist.
        Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
        9th April 2005

        Discography

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        • Catalogue Number
          ARTCD20002007
        • Conductor
          Jack Delaney
        • Ensemble
          The Meadows Wind Ensemble
        • Soloist
          Gregory Hustis, horn; Carol Leone and Regan Smith, piano; Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano

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