Daugherty: Daugherty: Blue Electra; Last Dance at the Surf; To the New World - COMPACT DISCS

Daugherty: Daugherty: Blue Electra; Last Dance at the Surf; To the New World - COMPACT DISCS

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Daugherty: Blue Electra; Last Dance at the Surf; To the New World

Artist:

Daugherty

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

636943995525

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-04-11

Number of Discs:

1

This recording showcases three new evocative works by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty, exploring the triumphs and tragedies of flight. Blue Electra is a dramatic violin concerto inspired by the sensational life and mysterious disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in 1937. Last Dance at the Surf is a one-movement dance symphony for orchestra that reflects upon rock 'n roll legend Buddy Holly's final performance in 1959 at the Surf Ballroom in Iowa and his tragic death in a plane crash just hours after his show. To the New World for orchestra celebrates the triumphant Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969 and Neil Armstrong's historic moonwalk. Under the baton of GRAMMY Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller, the Albany Symphony is joined by GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who performs Blue Electra with electrifying musicality and emotion.

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