专辑简介

Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis created this powerful tribute to the families of beloved COVID-19 victims with Elegy … for those we lost for trumpet and harp, appearing in its world premiere recording on this release featuring Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet of The Cleveland Orchestra, and multiple GRAMMY nominated harp soloist, Yolanda Kondonassis. After contracting and recovering from COVID-19 early in the pandemic, Kernis felt moved to write a work memorializing the victims and paying tribute to the grieving families of all those lost to the disease. Kernis writes, “I strived to create music to counterpoint the terrible pandemic and honor the dead - to try to give some measure of solace to families by sharing a personal expression of grief.” Kondonassis adds, “Aaron’s Elegy expresses the emotional nuances of our collective experience in a manner that only music can do, taking us on an artful sonic journey that travels through the stages of deep sadness, resignation, despair, and rage, ultimately leading us towards hope, sublimation, resolve, acceptance, and finally peace.”