Michael Daugherty 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/vie...

Metropolis Symphony (all five movements):
http://www.halleonard.com/product/vie...

Parts for performance can be rented through the following link:
http://www.subitomusic.com/rental/pla...

Recording can be purchased through the following links:
Nashville Symphony; Gian Carlo Guerro (2010) Three GRAMMY wins:
http://www.amazon.com/Daugherty-Metro...

Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman (1996):
http://www.amazon.com/Daugherty-Metro...