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Alan Hovhaness Composer

Symphony No.22 ('City of Light'), Op.236

Performances: 2

Tracks: 5

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Symphony No.22 ('City of Light'), Op.236
Year: 1970
Genre: Symphony
Pr. Instrument: Orchestra
- 1.Allegro moderato
- 2.Largo: Angel of Light
- 3.Allegretto grazioso
- 4.Finale: Largo maestoso

"City of Light" is an abstract, idealized city: "I was thinking of a million lights, an imaginary city, " says Hovhaness. He also added that the second movement, "Angel of Light, " is a memory of a childhood Christmas. The liner notes quote his Eastman School colleague Bernard Rogers: "Hovhaness comes from a small planet where it is always Christmas and where there are no bad sounds." This is Hovhaness in his exalted and meditative mood. A relatively strong work.

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