Episode 43 -1985: Stephen Albert, Symphony RiverRun

Hearing The Pulitzers

English - June 07, 2023 21:32 - 27 minutes - 63.5 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 42 - 1984: Bernard Rands, Canti del Sole

Next Episode: Episode 44 - 1986: George Perle, Wind Quintet IV

In this episode, Dave and Andrew continue discussing the streak of Neo-Romantic winners of the Pulitzer Prize in music with Stephen Albert's Symphony RiverRun. But will this symphony win them over?

For more information about Stephen Albert, we recommend:

Ron Petrides's dissertation "Pitch Organization in Stephen Albert's Symphony RiverRun: A Study in Modal Combinations and Tonal Centricity" PhD Diss, NYU, 2008.
Holly Watkins's article "The Pastoral After Environmentalism: Nature and Culture in Stephen Albert's
Symphony: RiverRun" Current Musicology, no. 84 (2007): 7-24.
Stephen Albert's Website (maintained by Alissa Grimaldi)