I was at the American Composers Forum in downtown St. Paul yesterday afternoon to take care of some business and, without warning, Pulitzer Prize-winner Aaron Jay Kernis walked out of the back room. It seems he was there to look at some scores for the Minnesota Orchestra's Composer Institute. I was so star-struck I didn't know what to say.
If you haven't heard Musica Celestis before you really need to check it out. I'd put it right up there with Barber's Adagio for Strings (which I know is a sacred cow to most of the Western world...but I just love Kernis's work that much).
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