The Pulitzer Project
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Label: Cedille Records
Cat No: CDR90000125
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 27th June 2011
Contents
Artists
Grant Park Orchestra & ChorusConductor
Carlos KalmarWorks
Appalachian SpringA Free Song
The Canticle of the Sun
Artists
Grant Park Orchestra & ChorusConductor
Carlos KalmarAbout
William Schuman’s A Free Song, winner in 1943 of the first Pulitzer Prize in Music, uses excerpts from Walt Whitman’s Drum Taps, a poetic record of his humanitarian visits to Washington D.C.’s Civil War hospitals. Schuman (1910–1992) set Whitman’s vigorous, expansive verse to a fierce and concentrated musical style. In its review of the Grant Park Orchestra’s 2010 concert performance, the Chicago Tribune observed: “Kalmar’s account was, by turns, poignant and electric.”
One of the most recognizable and beloved American orchestral works, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring began life as a ballet score for the Martha Graham Dance Company. A favourite of many listeners is its five variations on the Shaker theme “Simple Gifts.” The original ballet score, for chamber orchestra, won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize. Copland (1900–1990) later arranged an orchestral suite, its most familiar incarnation and the one heard on this CD.
World Premiere Recordings of The Canticle of the Sun and A Free Song.
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