The Forest Cathedral |
composer: | Nancy Galbraith (2025) | ![]() |
genre: | concerto for flute, violin & string orchestra | |
length: | movements, 21:30 minutes | |
orchestration: | solo fl & solo vla (amplified);
keybrd, hrp, 4-perc; strings |
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publisher: | Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP)
60 Depot Street, Verona, NJ 07044 mail@subitomusic.com • 973-857-3440 |
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audio/video: | (available after premiere) | |
world premiere: | 2 November 2025
Stephen Schultz, amplified flute • David Harding, amplified viola Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra • Daniel Nesta Curtis, conductor Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) • Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA |
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program notes: | The Forest Cathedral was composed for the 2025/26 concert season of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra. The work features three movements, with two energetic outer movements—"Departure" and "Return"—framing the pastoral and spiritual title movement, "The Forest Cathedral," which moves attaca into the final movement. |
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poetic text: | Marvin walked for twenty blocks
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source: | nancygalbraith.com |
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