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...

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...