Judith Lang Zaimont: CHROMA - Northern Lights
1,156 views · Published 19 January 2014 · 11:04 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: WarrenParkwoodLinden · 2014 · Entertainment
Another of Zaimont's works inspired by the natural world, CHROMA - Northern Lights is an orchestral tone poem capturing the sense of wonder and mystery evoked by the polar Aurora's ever-changing patterns of light and color. Using altering meters, kaleidoscopic instrumentation and breaks of tempo, the music is by turns atmospheric, lush, edgy and exuberant, restrained only by the smaller forces of chamber orchestra. Its rounded form (with a sharp off-kilter dance at the center) features a lyric three-bar melody heard several times, both complete and in fragments. The piece was commissioned by the Baltimore Chamber orchestra and later awarded First Prize in the Statue of Liberty Centennial composition competition. This performance by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirk Trevor is from a Naxos American Classics disc devoted to Zaimont's orchestral works. 8.559619 Video concept and editing by Michael Bregman
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