- Augusta Read Thomas
Helios Choros II (2008)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 2(afl)+pic.2+ca.3(bcl).2/4.4.2+btbn.1/4perc/2hp.pf(cel)/str
- 20 min
Programme Note
Premiere:
14 December 2008
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
London, UK
14 December 2008
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
London, UK
Scores
Features
- Happy 60th Birthday to Augusta Read Thomas
- Augusta Read Thomas is one of the U.S.’s most recognizable and beloved composers. In addition to writing music of “unbridled passion and fierce poetry” (American Academy of Arts and Letters), she is University Professor of Composition at the University of Chicago, where she has championed new music through founding the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition and its resident Grossman Ensemble.