Kip Winger: Symphony of the Returning Light & Violin Concerto "In the Language of Flowers"

Featuring

Peter Otto
Giancarlo Guerrero
Nashville Symphony
C.F. Kip Winger

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Composer Biography

Kip Winger, the composer, is a GRAMMY-nominated composer and multi-platinum recording artist whose career spans rock, classical, and theatrical music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Kip Winger's Violin Concerto 'In the Language of Flowers' is imagined as a love story that 'no words could adequately express,' using the symbolic meanings of flowers as metaphors.

Performer Biography

Peter Otto, the violinist on this recording, is the concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony and previously served as first associate concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Kip Winger founded his eponymous band in 1987, which sold millions of albums, earned six Billboard Top 40 singles, and received an American Music Awards nomination.

Compositional Technique

Kip Winger's Symphony of the Returning Light is an autobiographical piece centered on atonement, incorporating Morse code rhythms that 'spell' words for each movement.

Composition History

The Nashville Symphony commissioned Kip Winger's Symphony of the Returning Light and his Violin Concerto 'In the Language of Flowers'.

Performer Biography

Giancarlo Guerrero, the conductor, is a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning conductor known for his imaginative programming and his advocacy for contemporary American music.