P. Boyer - Ellis Island: The Dream of America

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Format: CD
Catalog: 8559246
Rel. Date: 05/17/2005
UPC: 636943924624

Ellis Island: The Dream of America
Artist: P. Boyer
Format: CD
New: Available to Order $19.99
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DISC: 1

1. Prologue
2. Words Of Helen Cohen
3. Interlude 1
4. Words Of James Apanomith
5. Interlude 2
6. Words Of Lillian Galleta
7. Interlude 3
8. Words Of Lazarus Salamon
9. Interlude 4
10. Words Of Helen Rosenthal
11. Interlude 5
12. Words Of Manny Steen
13. Interlude 6
14. Words Of Katherine Beychock
15. Epilogue: 'The New Colossus'

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Bostwick/brown/dukakis
Boyer/phil orch

More Info:

Peter Boyer (b. 1970) has written many splashy, extroverted orchestral works. The large-scaled work on this CD, "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" is an immediately endearing work which captures much of the American immigrant experience. The work is ceremonial music, what some would call "political music", and effective. Since it's first performance in 2002, it has been performed approximately forty times by twenty orchestras. It has also been broadcast on NPR. This performance, recorded in 2003, is conducted by Mr. Boyer leading the prestigious Philharmonia Orchestra and includes an impressive group of seven actors who masterfully perform the spoken dialogue.
        
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