The jury selected the piece, saying: "The work is scored for string soloist and string orchestra. It is conceived on a broad scale. It is visionary, deeply felt, contemplative and singularly personal in nature."[4] The piece is inspired by John Ashbery's extended poem, "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror".[5][1] itself named for the painting of the same name. Each movement is named with a line from the poem, and the title is the final line.[6] Violin, viola, cello, and bass soloists are featured in front of the orchestra and quotations are used from Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Opus 81a (Les Adieux) in the first movement and from Mahler's 9th Symphony in the fourth movement.[5]
Discography
Whispers Out of Time: Works for Orchestra by Roger Reynolds (Mode: 2007).
Roger Reynolds: Whispers Out of Time; Transfigured Wind 2 (New World: 1990).
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Symphony No. 4 Op. 34, "Requiem" (1943) by Howard Hanson (1896–1981) is Hanson's fourth symphony. It was inspired by the death of his father, taking its movement titles from sections of the Requiem Mass. He was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Music, unanimously selected by the jury, for the piece. Hanson regarded it as his finest work.
Andante inquieto (Kyrie)
Elegy: Largo (Requiescat)
Presto
Largo pastorale
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Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song is a cantata for chorus and orchestra by William Schuman, using text by Walt Whitman, that was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943, after it was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. Music Sales Classical describes it as containing, "granite-like blocks of dissonant harmony and sharp-edged counterpoint."
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