On a Clear Day
(An einem klaren Tag)for solo cello, two solo voices, youth choir and orchestra
Duration: 40'
Music Text
Ulla Hahn (G-E)
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
22/04/2023
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Jan Vogler, cello / Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Members of Hamburger Alsterspatzen / Audi Jugendchorakademie / Soloists of Kreuzchor Dresden / Young ClassX Ensemble / Young New Yorkers Chorus / Kent Nagano
Press Quotes
The New York Times
“massive and earnest piece”
“Shepherd has a fantastic gift for orchestral color; for example, in the sixth movement, he juxtaposes a rapturous, lyrical passage for solo cello with winds, brass, harp, piano and percussion … to glittering, mysterious effect.”
“Shepherd used the cello more as an actor who steps into a variety of roles to present occasional plaintive and virtuosic soliloquies against a colossal backdrop: here, a melancholic companion for the singers, trading a melody back and forth; there, channeling the spirit of a beleaguered Mother Earth.”
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