"Four Rags" | John Novacek | Kristin Lee, v; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, p | American Sketches
"Four Rags" | John Novacek | Kristin Lee, v; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, p | American Sketches
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Season Finale: With its rich, sweeping melodies and dynamic brass chorales, Sibelius’s Second Symphony vividly evokes the beauty of his native Finland. Icy Nordic landscapes are also heard in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, a haunting “concerto for birds and orchestra” that weaves recordings of birdsong into the orchestral tapestry. Julia Perry’s setting of the 13th-century Stabat Mater hymn adds a powerful …