Metropolis Symphony - V Red Cape Tango

Michael Daugherty Metropolis Symphony for Orchestra (1993) V. Red Cape Tango Performed by the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Kiesler: Conductor October 11, 2012 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Since its premiere by the Baltimore Symphony in 1994 at Carnegie Hall, the GRAMMY®-winning Metropolis Symphony has entered the orchestral repertoire and been performed by orchestras all over the world. Metropolis Symphony is a five-movement musical response to the world of Superman. V. Red Cape Tango was composed after Superman's fight to the death with Doomsday, and is my final musical work based on the Superman mythology. The principal melody, first heard in the bassoon, is derived from the medieval Latin death chant Dies irae. This dance of death is conceived as a tango, presented at times like a concertino comprising string quintet, brass trio, bassoon, chimes, and castanets. The tango rhythm, introduced by the castanets and heard later in the finger cymbals, undergoes a gradual timbral transformation, concluding dramatically with crash cymbals, brake drum, and timpani. The orchestra alternates between legato and staccato sections to suggest a musical bullfight. Duration - ca. 16:00 Composer: Michael Daugherty http://www.michaeldaugherty.net Publisher: Peermusic Classical http://www.peermusicclassical.com Score can be purchased through the following links: Red Cape Tango only: http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=228883 Metropolis Symphony (all five movements): http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.d­­o?itemid=103030 Parts for performance can be rented through the following link: http://www.subitomusic.com/rental/place-rental-­­order Recording can be purchased through the following links: Nashville Symphony; Gian Carlo Guerro (2010) Three GRAMMY wins: http://www.amazon.com/Daugherty-Metropolis-Symphony-Nashville/dp/B002JIBC80/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367901364&sr=8-1&keywords=michael+daugherty+nashville+symphony Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman (1996): http://www.amazon.com/Daugherty-Metropolis-Symphony-Bizarro-Michael/dp/B000004CWL/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1367901364&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=michael+daugherty+nashville+symphony