Music for a Time of War
Music for a Time of War is a 2011 concert program and subsequent album by the Oregon Symphony. The program consists of four compositions inspired by war: Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, John Adams’ The Wound-Dresser, Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 4. The Oregon Symphony repeated the program at the inaugural Spring for Music Festival, at Carnegie Hall on May 12, 2011. In October 2011 the recording of the Portland performances was released on CD by PentaTone Classics. The recording debuted at number 31 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart.
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Music for a Time of War is a 2011 concert program and subsequent album by the Oregon Symphony under the artistic direction of Carlos Kalmar. The program consists of four compositions inspired by war: Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, John Adams’ The Wound-Dresser, Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 4. The Oregon Symphony repeated the program at the inaugural Spring for Music Festival, at Carnegie Hall on May 12, 2011. The performance was broadcast live by KQAC and WQXR-FM, the classical radio stations serving Portland and the New York City metropolitan area, respectively. In October 2011 the recording of the Portland performances was released on CD by PentaTone Classics. The recording debuted at number 31 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart. The album earned three recognitions from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the 2013 Grammy Awards. In April 2012, the program was rebroadcast on the station WQ2 Music, which has since aired individual works by Lowell Liebermann, Steve Reich, Frederic Riciczewski, Dmitri Shostak, and Seppo Pohjola. The concert received a positive reception and has been aired on individual radio stations across the U.S. since April 2012. The Symphony raised USD 300,000 to fund travel and hotel expenses for the concert series. In February 2011, three months before the Carnegie Hall performance, The Oregonian reported that nearly half of the 1,000 tickets reserved for distribution by theOregon Symphony had been sold.
No other ensemble presented a program themed by a single topic. In addition to Oregon Symphony, the inaugural festival presented seven ensembles within nine days, including the Albany Symphony Orchestra,. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Toledo Symphony Orchestra. The festival was held in New York’s Carnegie Hall from May 11 to May 13, 2011, and was attended by 450 Oregonians. The Carnegie Hallperformance was broadcastlive on KQ AC and KQXXR. In November 2012, WQAC rebroadcasts the program live on their website and on their 3D sound in the New Jersey and Newark, New Jersey area, with the help of the company Arup 3D. The concerts marked the Oregon symphony’s first performances of The W wound-dresser as well as guest baritone Sanford Sylvan’s debut with the company. The performances were recorded for album release by the Boston-based company Soundmirror. In May 2013, the album received the award for Producer of the Year, Classical for his contributions to Music for a time of War and other recordings. It was released by the record company Penta tone Classics and is available on CD, LP, iTunes, Amazon, and other online retailers.
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