Julian Wachner's Symphony No. 1: Incantations and Lamentations, premiered in 2001, was developed over years of drafts and revisions.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in January, March, and April of 2014 at Trinity Church in New York City.
Composer Biography
Julian Wachner's eclectic background includes being Greek-Mexican-Hungarian-German, half Jew, half Catholic, born in Hollywood, and growing up in New York City as an Anglican boy chorister.
Compositional Technique
Wachner's music often features simultaneous, heterogeneous flow, with different instruments playing varying numbers of notes within the same beat, creating polyrhythms.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wachner's music aims to balance harmony and melody, movement with stasis, simplicity with chaos, and contemporary techniques with borrowings from the past.
Composition History
Come, My Dark-Eyed One was commissioned by Boston's Back Bay Chorale to celebrate its 35th anniversary and was intended as a companion piece to Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem.
Composer Biography
Julian Wachner, a Grammy-nominated musician, is described as one of North America's most exciting and versatile musicians, with over 80 works in his catalogue.
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