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The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Premieres Bernard Rands's AURA

Jun. 24, 2022

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, led by Allen Tinkham, performed the world premiere of Bernard Rands's AURA on May 22 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. The ensemble is currently performing the work while on tour in Europe: in Berlin, Frankfurt, Prague, and Vienna. Bernard Rands notes:

"AURA is a brief composition for orchestra written in response to a commission from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary.

The title denotes a particular distinctive atmosphere and energy (intangible but real) that emanates from and surrounds an orchestra in its performance ritual.

As a teenager living in England, I came under the spell of an orchestra’s magic - namely that of the great Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - and throughout my many years as a professional composer, my love of the ensemble has only deepened. As a result, I have created some thirty works for many of the world’s great orchestras.

Faced with the task of composing for very young musicians, I decided not to make unnecessary technical compromises but rather to challenge them as would be appropriate to a major symphony orchestra. Knowing their remarkable and impressive abilities, I know they will respond wonderfully as they do when playing standard repertory."


(CYSO Tour Kick-Off Concert Livestream)


Bernard Rands
AURA (2021)
for orchestra
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