Silver Chants the Litanies, Augusta Read Thomas

Publisher	G Schirmer Inc
Category	Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Year Composed	2004
Duration	13 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s)	Horn
Orchestration	1+pic.1.2.0/2.1+pictpt.0.0/2perc/2pf.hp/str (1.1.1.1.0 or 6.5.4.3.0 players)
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Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from SchirmerOnDemand

First performance:
Greg Hustis, horn
Meadows Wind Ensemble
Jack Delaney, conductor
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
February 20, 2004

Silver Chants the Litanies for horn and chamber orchestra (2003) was also impressive. A highly charged 12-minute work written as a memorial to the composer Luciano Berio, it takes us through multiple stages of loss, blind fury as well as grief. Matt Marks was the able soloist.
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, 09/04/2005

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