Much of the text of this work was inspired by Barbara Haws. One section of this work describes "windows on the world," while one speaker in this work describes another character so handsome that girls would never talk to the speaker when he was around.
Much of the text of this work was inspired by Barbara Haws. One section of this work describes "windows on the world," while one speaker in this work describes another character so handsome that girls would never talk to the speaker when he was around. The composer claimed that he avoided isolating the children's chorus to avoid the ethereal effect created in works like Mahler's 8th symphony, and this work repeatedly quotes Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question as the trumpet asks what the meaning of life is. The composer described this work as a "memory space, a place where you can go and be alone with your thoughts and emotions." One section of the text consists only of a list of names, while another contains fragments from the "Portraits of Grief" feature of The New York Times. For 10 points, identify this work for chorus and orchestra, a commemoration of the 9/11 attacks by John Adams.
Much of the text of this work was inspired by Barbara Haws. One section of this work describes "windows on the world," while one speaker in this work describes another character so handsome that girls would never talk to the speaker when he was around.
On the {Transmigration} of {Souls}