“dream of the morning sky” (Cycle V, Part I) (1982)
INSTRUMENTATION: Soprano; 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
DURATION: 23 Minutes
“[The New York Philharmonic] program opened with a work for large orchestra and amplified soprano by the Yale University-based composer Aaron Jay Kernis…”Dream of the morning sky” is an exceedingly complex work, which combines a lush Mahlerian sweep with a contradictory overlay of orchestral punctuation.” – The New York Times, June 9, 1983
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