Nancy Galbraith: Everything Flows

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This latest BMOP/sound recording
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Galbraith’s rich harmonic textures, rhythmic vitality, emotional depth, and wide range of expression have been described by critics as “impressive,” “reflective,” “formidable,” “rewarding,” and “masterly.”

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Tobias Picker: Awakenings

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Listen to Picker's latest release, hailed by The Boston Globe as “the stuff of dreams"
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Set in a Bronx hospital in the late 1960s, Tobias Picker: Awakenings tells the true story of neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who received worldwide acclaim for awakening survivors of the “sleeping-sickness” epidemic of the 1920s from their decades-long, frozen-like state with the drug L-DOPA.

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Joan Tower: Piano Concerto- Homage to Beethoven

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In the latest release from BMOP/sound, Joan Tower's captivating compositional language showcases the deftness and bravura of the concerti soloists. Using past as prologue, she looks to Beethoven for inspiration all the while employing imaginative melodies and mesmerizing rhythms. Don't miss the latest tour-de-force of this renowned American female composer.

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Anthony De Ritis: Chang'e and Elixir of Immortality

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The third BMOP/sound release from master of juxtaposition Anthony De Ritis
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Works dedicated for traditional Chinese instruments and Western orchestra are the result of composer Anthony De Ritis's interest and love of travel, intercultural dialogue, and pursuit of innovation in new music through placing texts and disciplines side-by-side.

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Two new CD releases

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April showers of new music from BMOP/sound
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BMOP/sound has two CD releases this month! Beginning with Avner Dorman: Siklòn, this disc collects five orchestral works spanning 20 years of Dorman's compositional output. Lee Hoiby: The Italian Lesson features two chamber operas for mezzo-soprano, showcasing longtime BMOP collaborator Janna Baty as a harried mid-century housewife and soloist Vanessa Schukis as the great Julia Child—with an actual cake recipe!

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Carlos Surinach: Acrobats of God

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Three world premiere recordings of ballets
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BMOP/sound's latest release collects all three collaborations between Spanish-born composer Carlos Surinach and iconic American choreographer Martha Graham. Featuring the world premiere orchestral recordings of Acrobats of God, The Owl and the Pussycat, and Embattled Garden, this disc is a snapshot of mid-century ballet music.

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Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X streaming

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Available now on CD, digital, and streaming
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Anthony Davis interweaves Stravinsky- and Berg-like harmony with jazz idioms and improvisation to create a truly American opera with a monumental subject: Malcolm X. X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X tells the story of the twentieth century Civil Rights Movement icon with a stellar cast led by bass-baritone Davóne Tines and conductor Gil Rose, backed by the BMOP orchestra and Odyssey Opera Chorus.

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John Corigliano: To Music

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An award winning composer's tribute "To Music"
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Join BMOP/sound on a musical journey inspired by the age of the troubadours through late Romanticism and into twenty-first century string music on our latest release John Corigliano: To Music. Guitar soloist Eliot Fisk joins BMOP in performing award-winning music from John Corigliano.

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Roger Reynolds: Violin Works

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Innovative violin music from a Pulitzer Prize winner
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From composer Roger Reynolds, who pioneered sound spatialization, intermedia, and algorithmic concepts, Roger Reynolds: Violin Works comprises three violin concertos written over a 15-year span. Featuring longtime BMOP member Gabriela Díaz as soloist, this disc explores what Reynolds calls the violin's "multifaceted voice."

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