Joshua Weilerstein, another conductor on this album, is the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and hosts a successful classical music podcast called Sticky Notes.
Compositional Technique
Symphony No. 3 utilizes a 'psychological form', focusing on dramatic impetus rather than traditional thematic development, and includes algorithmic patterns that renew and quote themselves.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Eichberg describes his Symphony No. 3 as his 'most personal piece to date', moving away from the extroverted expression of his earlier works.
Performer Biography
Robert Spano, one of the conductors on this album, is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and has won six Grammy™ Awards with them.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Eichberg's working title for Symphony No. 3 was 'Archimedean point', symbolizing the human search for an unquestionable truth amidst life's uncertainties.
Compositional Technique
The Symphony No. 3 incorporates unusual elements such as sounds recorded by NASA's Voyager probe, excerpts from an ancient Chinese poem, a Hebrew poem, and a Danish lullaby.
Composer Biography
Søren Nils Eichberg's Symphony No. 3 is dedicated to his father and was composed while his father was terminally ill, passing away in early 2017.
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