Kevin Puts: To Touch the Sky, If I Were a Swan, Symphony No. 4
9/16/2013, 14 Tracks, 59:53
Featuring
Craig Hella Johnson
Mela Dailey
Marin Alsop
Conspirare
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Puts
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Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor for Symphony No. 4, made history as the first woman to head a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Conspirare, the choir on tracks 1-10, takes its name from the Latin 'con' and 'spirare,' meaning 'to breathe together.'
Composer Biography
Kevin Puts, the composer, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his opera Silent Night.
Composition History
Kevin Puts' Symphony No. 4, 'From Mission San Juan,' was commissioned by Howard Hansen as a gift for his wife Carrie, inspired by the Mission San Juan Bautista.
Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor, studied with Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood, launching her conducting career in 1989 by winning the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize.
Performer Biography
Craig Hella Johnson, the Artistic Director of Conspirare, was named Texas State Musician for 2013.
Recording & Production
Tracks 1-10 were recorded in September/October 2012 at St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas, while tracks 11-14 were recorded live in June 2012 at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland.
