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Symphony - World Premiere (For Solo Voice, Orchestra
and Choir)
Featuring Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam
This is a composition based on a unique concept of taking four patriotic
themes from the four corners of India and weaving them into a powerful
symphonic poem. There are four short lyric extracts in four different
Indian languages (Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil). The Hindi text was
a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi. The Bengali text was written by Nobel
Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The Sanskrit text is extracted from a
very powerful and popular song for freedom. The Tamil text was written
by the Legendary Tamil Poet Subramanya Bharathiar.
This composition weaves through different Indian ragas and melodic structures
in different rhythmic cycles. There are also strong orchestral trade
offs. There are vigorous string passages and powerful triumphant passages
in the horn, symbolising the fight for freedom. There are also meditative
passages for the voice in alaap (free improvisational) style.
In addition to the orchestra, the composition is also written for solo
voice, choir and Indian percussion.
The Freedom Symphony is a very strong melodic and heroic symphonic composition
which for the first time uses text from four different Indian languages
and will be sung with words.
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