Vast spaces, traversing a broad range of emotional states, their point of origin a singing legato melody played by the horn, and from there on to ever more. From the passionate to the intimate; from the tumultuous and jangling to the celebratory. A wide array of themes and motifs, diverse characters clashing, evolving, vying for…
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A PRAYER is a short work written in honor of the seventy-fifth birthday of the late Paul Fromm, the great Chicago-based patron of 20th century music, as part of a “bouquet of compositions” especially composed for the occasion and presented in a concert commemorating the event on January 22, 1982, by the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago, Ralph Shapey, music director.