Reading of “The Sphinx and the Milky Way” for orchestra

Charles Burchfield, The Sphinx and the Milky Way (1946)
Charles Burchfield, The Sphinx and the Milky Way, 1946. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY.

My tone poem for orchestra, The Sphinx and the Milky Way, received a reading on May 2nd, 2011 by the New England Conservatory Philharmonia under the baton of Andres Lopera, who is studying with Hugh Wolff. This piece, like my wind quintet Watercolors, was inspired by the paintings of Charles Burchfield.

Listen to an mp3 of the reading (duration ca. 5 minutes).

Please keep in mind that this is a reading, not a rehearsed performance.

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