KEVIN JAMES
composer ~ educator ~ performer
I came away feeling sanguine about the future of new music... Music, song, image and spoken work form a seamless and deeply moving meditation"
- John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
I came away feeling sanguine about the future of new music... Music, song, image and spoken work form a seamless and deeply moving meditation.
~ John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
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Movements:
Considerate
Chisai Ko Kawaii Ko
Interlude (Running)
In Complexu Pacis
Horobi No Naka Kara
Inscription: This is Our Cry*
*please note that all of these movements are available individually
Instrumentation:
full orchestra
mixed or treble chorus
2 soprano and 1 baritone soloist
Alternate Instrumentation:
chamber orchestra:
flute
clarinet
bassoon
horn in F
trumpet
trombone,
2 percussion
strings
mixed or treble chorus
2 soprano and 1 baritone soloist
Length:
35 minutes
Notes:
with texts by Kurihara Sadako, Toge Sankichi, Dante Aligheri, & Kevin James
This work was commissioned by the Chicago Humanities Festival in conjunction with Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Sadako:
Prayers for Peace
Details
Video Excerpts
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Audio Excerpts
link to full performance video is here [password required].
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Vocal soloists enter at 2:25. Chorus enters at 3:45