Scoring
solo bass-baritone, 2.picc.2.corA.2.bclc.2.cbn-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp.perc(3)-hp-strings
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
World Premiere
3/2/2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
Tazewell Thompson, director / Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone / New York Philharmonic / Leslie B. Dunner
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
Tazewell Thompson, director / Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone / New York Philharmonic / Leslie B. Dunner
Press Quotes
"Bryan’s work proved thrilling in its polish and expressive range. In its early going, triumphal writing for brass was tugged at — and moodily complicated — by descending string motifs that traipsed across unpredictable intervals. It had the calmly challenging poise of the composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter."
"There are fillips of Afro-Cuban rhythm and moments of thick orchestral modernism, as well as traces of stentorian, post-Minimalist American opera … Though prismatic, it feels carefully woven as it touches on gospel and jazz traditions as well as contemporary idioms."
— New York Times