New Millennium Chamber Orchestra - American Landscapes

From the Bay Area’s own , composer of the GRAMMY-winning opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” we are thrilled to present “,” a fantastic and imaginative blend of orchestra and “electronica” evocative of the passing of time through a summer’s evening in the South. Since its inception, NMCO has been honored to perform various works by the late on our programs. This local composer’s “,” a work for string orchestra in the classical style, paints a lyrical picture of our own local environment. ’s celebrated “” is a symphonic journey around, under and across five different structures from the Brooklyn Bridge to our own Golden Gate. Each movement has its own distinct harmonic and rhythmic palette. In 1935, the United States Department of Agriculture commissioned composer and filmmaker Pare Lorentz to create “,” a motion picture charting the agricultural destruction of the Great Plains. This deeply affecting and lovely suite of mus…