Time goes, and it goes fast. Does it speed up as you get older? Physics would suggest it doesn’t, but physics has been hitting the top-shelf stuff, apparently, because: it does. Shut up with your naysaying, it does. Anyway, that picture over there is a little tiny representation of what sort of hell the sky unleashed on Tuscaloosa, Alabama just about a year ago, and in commemoration of the anniversary, the Tuscaloosa Symphony will debut Joseph Landers’ Sinfonia da Requiem on a program with Beethoven’s 9th on April 23 at Moody Hall, U of A Tuscaloosa. The requiem’s a special commission by the TSO, and Mr. Landers says he wrote it specifically to be followed by the Bee’s 9th, which makes us wonder if Joseph Landers is a stormchaser in his free time, because electing to have your symphonic work followed by Beethoven is ridiculously courageous, or insane, one of the two. (FULL ARTICLE: Michael Huebner, The Birmingham News)
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Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra Will Play a Requiem For Last Year’s Storm
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