Instrumentation
2.2.2.2 / 4.3.3.1 / timp+1perc / strings
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Scores & Performance Materials
Program Note
A troubling question: how to celebrate the history of a nation – any nation – without acknowledging the proverbial skeletons in its closet? The same light that we shine on our most noble thoughts and deeds radiates shadows behind those very accomplishments; and the brighter the light, the darker the shadow.
Perhaps, then, it is only right to celebrate genuinely, with a healthy dose of self-reflection, humility, and a hint of mourning. —HS
Commission and premiere
Fanfare for orchestra. Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, with financial assistance from the Government of Canada.
Co-premiered January 13–14, 2017 by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate conducting, and March 8, 2017 by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.