Dante's Journey

DANTE'S JOURNEY employs the Romantic idea of literature inspiring music, casting the three books of Dante's The Divine Comedy (I. Inferno, II. Purgatorio, and III. Paradiso) into the traditional three-movement concerto. The story follows a person's journey to the depths of hell, the climb up through purgatory, and finally to the exaltation and peace of heaven. Since all three movements describe different locations, each movement uses a different musical universe to describe these contrasting places while showing off the entire orchestra and its different sections and combinations.

Instrumentation: 2+1(Picc).2+1(EH).2+1(BCl).2+1(CBsn): 4.3.3.1: Timp.Perc(3): Hp.Pno/Clst: Str