“A musical portrait of Stalin,” has described Shostakovich’s primarily oppressive and sinister Tenth Symphony, his first in five years after a Soviet denouncement of music. Composer Daron Hagen touts the performance of electric guitarist D.J. Sparr on his Electric Guitar Concerto as a “joyous, celebratory romp.” Desert Transport portrays experiencing the sound sensations of a helicopter in flight.

Robert Moody, conductor
D.J. Sparr, electric guitar

MASON BATES  Desert Transport
DARON HAGEN  Film Noir: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 10