Five Moments of Contemporary Music by Living Composers

Shusta Kovich's 11th symphony is a portrayal, supposedly, of the Bloody Sunday Massacre in January of 1905. The music marks the music to be played as sprecevo which tells us that he wants us to feel the humanity inside of the terror. Caroline Shaw's Partita for Eight Voices translates speech into song in the most thrilling way.

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