Metamorphosis, Premiere Recording

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia

Higdon, Clearfield, Primosch: Metamorphosis, Innova Recordings. — *Higdon, Clearfield, Primosch: Metamorphosis,* Innova Recordings.

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Grant Year 2008

Grant Amount $25,000

Status Completed

Updated May 30, 2023

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia received Center support to produce Higdon, Clearfield, Primosch: Metamorphosis on Innova Recordings. The album featured The Golem Psalms by Pew Fellow Andrea Clearfield, Fire-memory/River-memory by James Primosch, and On the Death of the Righteous by Pew Fellow Jennifer Higdon, and included performances by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and baritone Sanford Sylvan.

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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia

One of this country's oldest choruses, Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia seeks to advance the development of choral music as an art form. Founded in 1874, the group's rich musical history includes the American premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony and the Philadelphia premieres of Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem and Britten's War Requiem.

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