Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony & Deus ex Machina

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero
Mary Kathryn van Osdale
Érik Gratton
Ann Richards
Terrence Wilson
Nashville Symphony

Michael Daugherty

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Performer Biography

The Nashville Symphony, led by Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, is one of the most active recording orchestras in America and has released many highly regarded recordings with Naxos since 2000.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Michael Daugherty uses Superman as a compositional metaphor in Metropolis Symphony to create an independent musical world that appeals to the imagination.

Composition History

Michael Daugherty began composing Metropolis Symphony in 1988, inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of Superman's first appearance in comic books.

Performer Biography

Pianist Terrence Wilson has won numerous awards, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1998 and the Juilliard Petschek Award in 2002.

Composer Biography

Michael Daugherty, born in 1954, is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all of whom are professional musicians.

Composition History

Deus ex Machina, a piano concerto by Michael Daugherty, was commissioned by a consortium of several symphony orchestras, including the Charlotte, Nashville, New Jersey, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras and Rochester Philharmonic.

Performer Biography

Giancarlo Guerrero, the Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, is a champion of new music and initiated a guest-composer series during his tenure with the Eugene Symphony.