Augusta Read Thomas: Astral Canticle

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
March 11, 2016
Format
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Bold, passionate, urgent - Augusta Read Thomas writes music that is wholly and completely alive. Part of a major series of works by Augusta Read Thomas being released by Nimbus Records, this CD originates from a concert by musicians of the University of Illinois, which took place on December 9, 2014 in celebration of Thomas' 50th birthday. The works gathered here cover a relatively short span in this composer's chronology: just 13 years from the earliest work (Bells Ring Summer, 2000) to the most recent (Twilight Butterfly, 2013).


Product Description:

  • Release Date: March 11, 2016


  • UPC: 0710357630620


  • Catalog Number: NI6306


  • Label: Nimbus


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Augusta Read, Thomas


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: University Of Illinois Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Third Coast Percussion, University Of Illinois Women'S Gl



Works:

  1. Radiant Circles, for orchestra

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Conductor: Donald Schleicher


  2. Resounding Earth, for percussion quartet: 2. Prayer - Star Dust Orbits

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas


  3. Capricci, for flute & clarinet

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: J. David Harris (Clarinet), Jonathan Keeble (Flute)


  4. Twilight Butterfly, for mezzo-soprano & piano

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: Julie Gunn (Piano), Yvonne Redman


  5. Bells Ring Summer

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: Julian Hersh (Cello)


  6. Pulsar

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: Robert Waters (Violin)


  7. Astral Canticle, double concerto for flute, violin, & orchestra

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: Nathan Giem (Violin), Jonathan Keeble (Flute)

    Conductor: Donald Schleicher


  8. Juggler of Day, for female chorus

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Conductor: Andrea Solya


  9. Euterpe's Caprice, fanfare for flute

    Composer: Augusta Read Thomas

    Performer: Jonathan Keeble (Flute)