Aaron Jay Kernis: Color Wheel - Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon" (Live) Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Giancarlo Guerrero

• Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960):
• 1 Color Wheel (Live) 22:30
• Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon":
• 2 Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon": I. Out of Silence (Live) 11:20
• 3 Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon": II. Thorn Rose (Weep Freedom) [After G.F. Handel] [Live] 12:17
• 4 Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon": III. Fanfare Chomelodia (Live) 05:50
• Total Runtime 51:57

Info for Aaron Jay Kernis: Color Wheel - Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon" (Live)

Pulitzer Prize recipient and GRAMMY award-winner Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America’s most performed composers. Both works on this album exemplify his creative approach to orchestral composition, sharing elements in common, such as virtuoso percussion writing and the use of variation form. Color Wheel is an exuberant miniature concerto for orchestra with a wide array of contrasts, while Symphony No. 4 ‘Chromelodeon’ explores the coexistence of opposing musical forces to powerful, pensive, and touching effect. Champions of new American music, the Nashville Symphony and its music director Giancarlo Guerrero had premiered numerous works, and received 13 GRAMMY Awards including two for Best Orchestral Performance. Among their award-winning recordings include works by Michael Daugherty, Stephen Paulus, and Jennifer Higdon.

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

The Nashville Symphony
has established an international reputation for its recordings and innovative programming. With 140 performances annually, the orchestra is the largest performing arts nonprofit body in the state of Tennessee, offering a broad range of classical, pops, jazz and family programs, along with extensive community outreach efforts. One of the most active recording orchestras in the country, the Nashville Symphony has received far-reaching acclaim for its numerous recordings on Naxos. These recordings have received a total of fourteen GRAMMY® nominations and seven GRAMMY® wins, including two for Best Orchestral Performance – one awarded to Joan Tower’s Made in America (Naxos 8.559328) and the other to Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony (Naxos 8.559635). Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the home of the Nashville Symphony, opened in September 2006. Notable for its remarkable acoustics and distinctive architecture, this 197,000-square-foot facility has become an integral part of cultural life in Music City and is regarded as one of the finest concert halls in the United States.

Giancarlo Guerrero
is Music Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and concurrently holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. In 2012, he led the Nashville Symphony to a GRAMMY® win with their recording of American composer Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Naxos 8.559678). His previous recording with the orchestra of Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony (Naxos 8.559635) won three 2011 GRAMMY® Awards, including Best Orchestral Performance. As a guest conductor he has appeared in Europe with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and in North America with the orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Also in demand in Central and South America, he conducts regularly in Venezuela with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, with which he has had a special relationship for many years. Guerrero holds degrees from Baylor and Northwestern universities. He was previously Music Director of the Eugene Symphony in Oregon. From 1999 to 2004, he served as Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. Prior to his tenure in Minnesota, he served as Music Director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.

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