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Joe Hisaishi is most well known as the composer for film music for Hayao Miyazaki's animated feature films such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Spirited Away (2001) and Howl's Moving Cas...

This piece is the first in a series of orchestral essays (Entitled 'Four Symphonic Essays') which explore differents aspects of musical texture: monophony, homophony, cacophony, and in this work polyp...

Named after the Cascadian Wind Quintet which commissioned and premiered the work. this 4-movement concerto grosso evokes musical images of the Pacific Northwest. Full orchestra and piano accompaniment...

Edward Curtis, the great American photographer, traveled the American West during the early decades of the 20th century, taking literally of tens of thousands of photographs of Native Americans, chron...

So To Speak is an extended meditation on an anthem for Pentecost by Thomas Tallis entitled Loquebantur Variis Linguis (they spoke in many tongues). After organizing the material for the piece, I wrote...