Flower of the Mountain from “Distant Hills” (orchestra version), Stephen Albert

Work Information

Stephen Albert : Flower of the Mountain from “Distant Hills” (orchestra version)

Publisher	G Schirmer Inc
Category	Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Sub-Category	Chamber Orchestra
Year Composed	1985
Duration	16 Minutes
Solo Voice(s)	Soprano
Orchestration	2(pic).2(ca).2.2/2200/timp.perc/hp.pf/str
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Score(s):	50488736	Score(s):	GS88736
Vocal Score(s):	50480076	Vocal Score(s):	GS48007

Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from ScoresOnDemand

Related works:

Distant Hills
   chamber version and orchestra version

Movement I:Sun's Heat
   chamber version: vocal score
   orchestra version: vocal score

Movement II: Flower of the Mountain
   chamber version: vocal score
   orchestra version: score and vocal score

Reviews

Stephen Albert's "Flower of the Mountain" for orchestra and soprano is a movingly rhapsodic setting of Molly Bloom's sexually charged soliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses. Conductor and orchestra are so comfortable with the music that the performance had freedom and grandeur.
David Patrick Stearns, USA Today
...expressive, balanced and beautifally crafted. It is also meaningful...the music is tonal (and) achieves a hypnotic effect.
Daniel Schellack, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
...fresh and contemporary...beautifully crafted, dramatic and superbly orchestrated.
Donald Dierks , San Diego Union

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