America/Beautiful is a project by pianist and arts advocate Min Kwon, in which she has commissioned a diverse group of more than 70 of today’s leading American composers to each compose a variation on “America the Beautiful.”
Kwon's hope is to paint a sonic picture of her adopted country in all of its sprawling complexity, and ultimately try to find the beauty at the core of the American experiment and its credo of e pluribus unum (out of many, one).
Composers featured include Samuel Adler, Victoria Bond, Sebastian Currier, Richard Danielpour, Avner Dorman, Alan Fletcher (World Premiere), John Harbison, Stephen Hartke, Vijay Iyer, Nico Muhly, Sulamit Ran, Huang Ruo, Augusta Read Thomas (World Premiere), and Trevor Weston.
SAMUEL ADLER A Celebration of our Beautiful Nation
VICTORIA BOND From Sea to Shining Sea
SEBASTIAN CURRIER 23 Variations on America
RICHARD DANIELPOUR DESECRATION
AVNER DORMAN A Variation on America the Beautiful
ALAN FLETCHER Liberty in Law (World Premiere)
JOHN HARBISON Getting the Upper Hand on America
STEPHEN HARTKE O Genus Infelix Humanum
HUANG RUO Meditation on 'America the Beautiful'
VIJAY IYER Crown Thy Good
NICO MUHLY Refine
SHULAMIT RAN America Summer 2020 [the Beautiful]
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS FUSION (World Premiere)
TREVOR WESTON A Fantasy on America
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