Voyages - Orchestral music by James Lee III
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JAMES LEE III
Voyages - Orchestral music by James Lee III
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
[ Avie / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 May 2022
In Voyages, prolific American composer James Lee III takes the listener on a colourful journey through his endlessly creative orchestral music; painting biblical imagery in Beyond Rivers of Vision and celebrating the joyous Feast of Tabernacles in Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula, using well-known spirituals to celebrate the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (Chuphshah! Harriet's Drive to Canaan) and reflecting on the ongoing fight for freedom through his grandfather's personal experiences in WWII (A Different Soldier's Tale). His music is played here by the renowned ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.
"James Lee III (b1975) is a master colourist. His orchestration is dazzlingly vivid and teems with detail...he also has a keen ear for harmonic colour, as is readily evident throughout." Gramophone
Tracks:
1. Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula 11:44
A Different Soldier's Tale
2. I. Vigilant Patrol 5:46
3. II. I Must Survive! 5:01
4. III. Capture! Funeral? 8:33
5. IV. Celebration on Broad Street 6:32
Beyond Rivers of Vision
6. I. Hiddekel: Third from Life 3:52
7. II. The 24th Day of Abib 6:56
8. III. …and on either side of the river 6:10
9. Chuphshah! Harriet's Drive to Canaan 14:34
