Episode 43 -1985: Stephen Albert, Symphony RiverRun

In this episode, Dave and Andrew continue discussing the streak of Neo-Romantic winners of the Pulitzer Prize in music with Stephen Albert's Symphony RiverRun. But will this symphony win them over?   For more information about Stephen Albert, we recommend: Ron Petrides's dissertation "Pitch Organization in Stephen Albert's Symphony RiverRun: A Study in Modal Combinations and Tonal Centricity" PhD Diss, NYU, 2008. Holly Watkins's article "The Pastoral After Environmentalism: Nature and Culture in Stephen Albert's Symphony: RiverRun" Current Musicology, no. 84 (2007): 7-24. Stephen Albert's Website (maintained by Alissa Grimaldi)