Sinfonia For Strings
For Those Who Must Journey Into Eternity
by James Forte
From the welcoming applause to the closing applause, Sinfonia For Strings offers a rich melodic style that combines harmonies with deep emotion and Spirit with creativity. It should be no surprise that this milestone work was written by my friend, noted composer and poet, James Forte.
Sinfonia For Strings was first played in 1981 by The New England Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Rouben Gregorian. This CD of that historic concert brings his superb, gripping, and memorable performance to today's audience. It was Maestro Gregorian who sent word to a young composer named James Forte. He wanted to commission a work for chorus and orchestra for the opening of one of the sky scrapers in Boston for which he was supplying the music. That turned out to be a relationship that lasted until Mr. Gregorian's death in 1991.
Sinfonia For Strings contains three movements, each building on the others, to offer the listener an amazing vehicle that caused this reviewer to smile, weep, and feel. More than that, Sinfonia For Strings is appropriately subtitled "for those who must journey into eternity." It is the journey we must all make. It is the journey heard in this master work.
Some composers offer tunes while others offer melodies. Only a very few, in this reviewer's opinion, offer aural experiences that can affect one's being---that champion life and soul and heart. Such is Sinfonia For Strings by James Forte!
Richard Fuller
Senior Editor
Pertinent Info:
Historic Recording, November 17, 1981
Approximately 36 minutes,
Cost: $14.99
Order by Mail:
Wildflower Recordings
Box 1316
Arlington, MA 02474
Catalog number:
wfr0215cd
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