For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
Buy and Listen Now
For Your Grammy® Consideration: Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, this compilation is the first full-length recording of orchestral works by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence and the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (with J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Simon's music seamlessly blends influences from jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism.
For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation
Returning to this richly evocative score, I was impressed yet again by the composer's ability to write music of serious heft that's still broadly accessible.
- Gramophone
The Block
1. The Block
Tales: A Folklore Symphony
2. i. Motherboxx Connection
3. ii. Flying Africans
4. iii. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
5. iv. John Henry
Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano)
6. i. The Garden
7. ii. Burning Hell
8. iii. Dance
9. iv. We Are All the Same
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra