Steven Stucky - August 4, 1964
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Label: DSO Live
Cat No: DSOLIVE004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd September 2012
Contents
Artists
Indira MahajanKristine Jepson
Vale Rideout
Rod Gilfry
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jaap van ZwedenWorks
August 4, 1964Artists
Indira MahajanKristine Jepson
Vale Rideout
Rod Gilfry
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jaap van ZwedenAbout
The work centers on a single day in the Johnson Presidency when President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara decided to escalate the Vietnam conflict, and when the bodies of three slain civil rights workers were discovered in Mississippi.
The libretto by Gene Scheer (Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick; Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy) juxtaposes White House telephone tapes, letters from the slain civil rights workers and their mothers, speeches by President Johnson, and other contemporary sources. Stucky’s music heightens the gripping narrative, which pulses with contemporary relevance.
This CD was recorded during live performances in May, 2011 at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
“The work lived up to its outsize ambitions, and Mr. van Zweden led a beautifully prepared and dynamic performance.” - James R Oestreich, The New York Times
“That Mr van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony are proud of this moving, skillfully written piece was clear at Carnegie Hall.” - Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
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