This album features world premiere recordings of both "Dreams of the Fallen" and "Earth Symphony" by Jake Runestad.
Performer Biography
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, founded in 2004, received a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Choral Performance for their first album, "Far in the Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus."
Composition History
"Earth Symphony" was commissioned by True Concord Voices & Orchestra and tells the story of Mother Earth through a five-part monologue, exploring humanity's relationship with the planet.
Composer Biography
Jake Runestad, the composer, is an Emmy® winning and Grammy® nominated artist, considered "one of the best of the younger American composers" by the Chicago Tribune.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jake Runestad's music is described as "visceral" and "thoughtful and compelling," addressing "some of the most pressing and moving issues of our time."
Compositional Technique
"Dreams of the Fallen" is a single, continuous movement structured in three sections: separation, liminality/transition, and reincorporation, based on Brian Turner's poems and elements of a rite of passage.
Composition History
"Dreams of the Fallen" was inspired by stories of soldiers returning from war and aims to serve as a ceremony addressing the life-changing experiences of war.
