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Music | Choose one music option
- BARBER
- Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 — 11 min.
- COPLAND
- Symphony No. 3: I. Molto moderato — 10 min.
- SHOSTAKOVICH
- "Leningrad" Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60: III. Adagio — 18 min.
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
- Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza — 13 min.
Sample music | via SoundCloud
- Description |
Citizen Soldier commemorates World War II. The period from 1939 to 1945 was a time of struggle, sacrifice, and unprecedented economic, industrial, and human mobilization that blurred many distinctions between military and civilian life. Created with archival WWII photography from over a dozen countries, this concert piece reflects on some of the men and women from the international mix of more than 100 million everyday people who participated in history’s most widespread conflict.
Consider programming this piece alongside No Man’s Land, the optional WWI companion piece that has four additional music options.
- Format |
- Live music + multiple digital projectors + 440-square-foot screen + 100s of historical images choreographed by our artist
- Premiere |
- Canton Symphony Orchestra (Copland version), Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (Vaughan Williams version), The Phoenix Symphony (Barber version)
- Pairs well with |
- No Man's Land, The Eternal Struggle, National Park Suite
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Production notes
- Created using historical imagery from the archives of more than 12 countries
- Choreography and production research by Nicholas Bardonnay
- Citizen Soldier |
- Click to view sample images from 100s in the concert piece
