Classical Music Discoveries

Episode 15: 20015 A Prayer to the Dynamo


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A Prayer to the Dynamo was written in response to a commission from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. It received its first, and so far only performance at the orchestra’s New Music Festival on 3 February 2012. As noted by the festival’s curator, composer Matthew Patton, it represented a turning-point in Jóhannsson’s career, having been written without any of the narrative constraints involved in composing for film. “He never wrote a piece for orchestra this big, this long, and with this much freedom.” This recording will turn a much-deserved spotlight on to a work Patton has described as a “lost symphony” and introduce it to audiences worldwide. Track Listing:1 Suite from The Theory of Everything I_ A Model of the Universe2 II_ Domestic Pressures3 III_ The Origins of Time4 IV_ Forces of Attraction5 V_ Cambridge, 19636 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 17 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 28 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 39 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 410 Suite from Sicario I_ Target11 II_ Desert Music12 III_ MelancholiaHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).
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