{"id":227,"date":"2015-11-13T04:52:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T04:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alondra.wpengine.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2017-11-18T05:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:08:58","slug":"garrop-mythology-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/2015\/11\/13\/garrop-mythology-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrop: Mythology Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American composer Stacy Garrop&#8217;s first album of orchestral music features the world-premiere recording of her Mythology Symphony, a five-movement work inspired by famous female figures from Greek mythology. The symphony receives a typically vibrant and compelling performance by Billboard-charting international conductor Alonda de la Parra leading the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Symphony Orchestra of Roosevelt University. Peabody Conservatory-based conductor Markand Thakar directs the CCPA Chamber Orchestra in world-premiere recordings of Garrop&#8217;s mythic Thunderwalker and Shadow, a moving interplay of counterpoint, shifting textures, and profound emotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taking five female figures from Greek mythology as her inspiration, American composer Stacy Garrop&#8217;s Mythology Symphony is a powerful five movement structure&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;All performances are delivered with technical assurance and a real sense of involvement; the recording itself has a wonderful sense of presence&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;The disc represents a fascinating journey into the mind of a most talented composer.&#8221; &#8211;Colin Clarke, Fanfare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American composer Stacy Garrop&#8217;s first album of orchestral music features the world-premiere recording of her Mythology Symphony, a five-movement work inspired by famous female figures from Greek mythology. The symphony receives a typically vibrant and compelling performance by Billboard-charting international conductor Alonda de la Parra leading the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Symphony Orchestra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discography"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alondradelaparra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}