"Paestum" (2013) - For Orchestra

Performance Parts are Rental Only: Please email info@nathanartsmusic.com for a price quote, giving the name of your ensemble and performance date[s] Instrumentation For Orchestra [3233/4321/timp/3perc/hp/pno/strings] Commissioned by International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and the International Society of Information Centres for the Melos Ethos Ensemble for premiere at the 2013 ISCM World Music Days (Bratislava, Slovakia) Instrumentation (two versions) 8 minutes  Program Note My ideas for “Paestum” began to take shape in the summer of 2013 as I visited Paestum, an Italian site settled by the Greeks in 700 B.C., situated 50 miles outside of Naples. There, I came upon the ruins of the Temples of Athena and Hera, each temple’s colossal pillars towering silently in an open field, creating solemn shrines that open to the sky above. Adjacent to these were the ruins of the ancient city, the walls of homes that now stood no more than a foot high, the mosaic floor tiles still la