The gradual rollout of the National Symphony Orchestra’s recordings of symphonic works by Carlos Simon is completed with his Songs of Separation and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Based on poems of Rumi, Songs of Separation (four) was commissioned by the NSO and features mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges. Wake Up! was inspired by the poem “Awake, Asleep” by Nepali poet Rajendra …
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Playlist
- The Block
- Tales – a Folklore Symphony: I. Motherboxx Connection
- Tales – a Folklore Symphony: II. Flying Africans
- Tales – a Folklore Symphony: III. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
- Tales – a Folklore Symphony: IV. John Henry
- Songs of Separation: I. the Garden
- Songs of Separation: II. Burning Hell
- Songs of Separation: III. Dance
- Songs of Separation: IV. We Are All the Same
- Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
