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Premiere: The original version
of this piece was premiered by baritone Gerrit Peterson, organist Ross Wood,
and French horn player Fred Aldrich at Trinity Church in Copley Square in
Boston on September 11th, 1999. The orchestra version was created especially
for Turkish flutist Sefika Kutluer and was
performed for the first time in her album “Latin Romance” by Sefika,
accompanied by the Bratislava Strings Orchestra, conducted by Marian Lejava.
The recording took place on 2013 in Slovakia.
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Program Notes by José Elizondo:
Originally written for organ, French horn and
baritone, the piece is based on a biblical text from King Solomon’s “Song of
Songs”, and was written on occasion of a wedding. The musical inspiration for
the composition came from Mendelssohn’s choral piece, “Verleih
uns Frieden”, and from the magnificent sound of the
pipe organ in Trinity Church in Boston.
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