20 Jun

Posted at 19:25h in interviews, press, Uncategorized

Composer Juliet Palmer talks about her new orchestral work fire break, dedicated to forests past and future. Commissioned and premiered by the Hamilton Philharmonic with conductor Gemma New. https://youtu.be/Z8gy0PTRHfQ Transcript: "At the end of 2019 there were raging forest fires in many parts of the world. At that point there were huge fires in Australia, in the Amazon...

27 Feb

Posted at 15:14h in orchestral music, works

2 2 2 2 / 2 2 / timp / str [13′] 2020. [audio mp3="https://www.julietpalmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fire-break-audio.mp3"][/audio] Commissioner: The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Funder: The Genesis Project Premiere: The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton, Canada, May 14, 2022. Program note: fire break is my song for the forests burned by the climate crisis — fires amplified by...