HAGEN, D.A.: Everyone, Everywhere
Gabrielle Barkidjija, Bryan Murray, Shavon Lloyd, Amir Farid, Every Voice Generations Choir, The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Orchestra, Mark Shapiro
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American composer Daron Hagen talks about his cantata Everyone, Everywhere in conversation with Raymond Bisha. Composed In 2023 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Hagen found impetus in the contemporary political status of his own nation to recontextualise the declaration’s dry language and enable him to convey its emotional essence (“as a citizen, a person and a father”). Also drawing on texts by a range of significant historical figures, this sweeping work for choir, vocal soloists and orchestra marries intellect and emotion in a passionate cry for justice and peace, and in a way that only music can.