Currier, Sebastian: Sleepers and Dreamers (2012) 22'
for chorus and orchestra
Scoring
3(III=picc).3.3(II=Ebcl, III=bcl).3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.0-perc(2):vib/marimba/glsp; SD/cym(M)/tom-t(low)/4tgl(low, medium low, medium high, high)/brake dr/BD/guiro/bell tree/tamb/cow bell/high hat-pft(=digital kbd sampler)-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
7/6/2012
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Grant Park Orchestra / Grant Park Chorus / Carlos Kalmar
Press Quotes
"Sebastian Currier's Sleepers and Dreamers, impressed as a strong, colorful and ingeniously crafted addition to the contemporary choral-orchestral repertory."
— John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
"…a strange and compelling nocturnal landscape for chorus and orchestra centered on dreams … a haunting and atmospheric work, scored with great skill and imagination for orchestra and chorus and resoundingly successful in conjuring the disturbing as well as absurd elements of dreams."
— Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago Classical Review
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Currier: Sleepers and Dreamers world premiere
for chorus and orchestra
Scoring
3(III=picc).3.3(II=Ebcl, III=bcl).3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.0-perc(2):vib/marimba/glsp; SD/cym(M)/tom-t(low)/4tgl(low, medium low, medium high, high)/brake dr/BD/guiro/bell tree/tamb/cow bell/high hat-pft(=digital kbd sampler)-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
7/6/2012
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Grant Park Orchestra / Grant Park Chorus / Carlos Kalmar
Press Quotes
"Sebastian Currier's Sleepers and Dreamers, impressed as a strong, colorful and ingeniously crafted addition to the contemporary choral-orchestral repertory."
— John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
"…a strange and compelling nocturnal landscape for chorus and orchestra centered on dreams … a haunting and atmospheric work, scored with great skill and imagination for orchestra and chorus and resoundingly successful in conjuring the disturbing as well as absurd elements of dreams."
— Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago Classical Review
News stories for this title :
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