World Environment Day and Earth Day
19th April 2014
Commissioned by the National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing, Wetlands (Einaudi), Endangered (Portman), and Meniscus (Talbot) join Music Sales Classical's exciting, environmental-themed catalogue of works for Orchestra, Soloist(s) and Orchestra, and Chorus and Orchestra.
OrchestraLudovico EinaudiWetlands (2012) 15 Minutes George FentonAngel Falls (from 'Planet Earth in Concert') (2006) 3 Minutes The Blue Planet in Concert (2001) The Blue Planet: Theme (2001) 5 Minutes Dolphins (from 'The Blue Planet in Concert') (2001) 3 Minutes Planet Earth in Concert (2006) 80 Minutes The Sardine Run (from 'The Blue Planet in Concert') (2001) 4 Minutes The Shallow Seas (from 'Planet Earth in Concert') (2006) 5 Minutes Frozen Planet in Concert Philip GlassThe Canyon (1988) 18 Minutes The Light (1987) 24 Minutes Michael GordonWeather (1997) 62 MinutesVagn HolmboePrelude to the Pollution of Nature (1989) 9 Minutes Aaron Jay KernisSymphony In Waves (1989) 30 MinutesDavid Langmountain (2014) Peter LiebersonFire (from “The Five Great Elements”) (1995) 5 Minutes Missy MazzoliViolent, Violent Sea (2011) 9 Minutes Thea MusgraveRainbow (1990) 12 Minutes Turbulent Landscapes (2003) 26 MinutesRachel PortmanEndangered (2012) 11 Minutes André PrevinOwls (2008) 10 Minutes Max RichterAutumn Music 2 On the Nature of Daylight 6 Minutes Poul RudersListening Earth (2001) 24 Minutes Tundra (1990) 5 Minutes Kaija SaariahoCiel d'hiver (2013) 10 Minutes Gunther SchullerFour Soundscapes [Hudson Valley Reminiscences] (1975) 15 Minutes Elliott SchwartzRainbow (1996) 7 Minutes Joby TalbotBlue Orchid (2007) Meniscus (2012) 8 Minutes Karen TanakaEcho Canyon (1995) 9 Minutes Augusta Read ThomasWords of the Sea (1995) 17 MinutesJoan TowerSequoia (1981) 16 Minutes Judith WeirForest (1995) 13 Minutes The welcome arrival of rain (2001) 16 MinutesJulia WolfeAmber Waves of Grain (1988) 8 Minutes Fuel (2007) 20 Minutes Soloist(s) and OrchestraJohn CoriglianoCreations: Two Scenes from Genesis (1972)narrator27 MinutesPhilip GlassHymn to the Sun from "Akhnaten" (1984)countertenor6 Minutes John HarbisonCrane Sightings (2004)violin15 Minutes Snow Country (1979)oboe12 Minutes Max RichterThe Four Seasons Recomposed (2012)violin44 Minutes Terry RileyZephir (2009)violin19 Minutes Earl RobinsonA Country They Call Puget Sound (1956)tenor16 Minutes Robert Xavier RodríguezUrsa, Four Season (1990)double bass19 Minutes Joby TalbotDesolation Wilderness (2006)trumpet23 MinutesTan DunEarth Concerto for stone and ceramic percussion with orchestra (2009)percussion Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (1998)percussion27 MinutesAugusta Read ThomasAbsolute Ocean (2008)soprano, harp20 Minutes Earth Echoes (2011)mezzo-soprano, baritone28 Minutes Joan TowerRed Maple (2013)bassoon16 Minutes Still/Rapids (1996)piano18 Minutes Alec WilderElegy for the Whale (1975)tuba5 Minutes Chorus and OrchestraGeorge FentonOur Planet is a Blue Planet (from 'The Blue Planet in Concert') (2001) 4 Minutes Philip GlassItaipu (1988) 38 MinutesKarel HusaApotheosis of this Earth (1972) 26 MinutesJohn JoubertFor the Beauty of the Earth (1989)soprano, baritone36 Minutes Peter Maxwell DaviesThe Turn of the Tide (1992) 25 Minutes Roberto SierraIdilio (Soundscape of a Rain Forest) (1990) 7 Minutes Eric WhitacreEquus (2011) 9 Minutes