John Adams :: On the Transmigration of Souls


 

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Adams, John
1947-0000
(b Worcester, MA, 15 Feb 1947). American
On the Transmigration of Souls <2002>
mixed chorus, children's chorus
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Solo tp in balcony behind audience at beginning quotes from Ives' The Unanswered Question. Six violins within the orchestra constitute "Quarter-tone Ensemble" (no scordatura required).
Soundtrack composed in collaboration with sound designer Mark Grey.
Source of text: Text assembled by the composer from missing persons signs posted around ground zero after 9-11-2001, as photographed by Barbara Haws, archivist for the New York Philharmonic. Language: English