This New Music Friday, Navona Records presents a broad offering of contemporary sounds, ranging from highly personalized musical expressions to unique blends of genre and works that reach towards the ineffable.

Dive in and discover new music from Eugene Rogers, Nan Avant, Christine Jancarz, Matthew Hetz, Joseph T. Spaniola, Scott Brickman, Lawrence Mumford, Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Dieter Flury, Lucie Kaucká, Filharmonie Brno, South Czech Philharmonic, Bryan Wallick, David Colson, and Po Sim Head.

AMASS

AMASS

Eugene Rogers

GRAMMY-nominated conductor Eugene Rogers brings to life Jocelyn Hagen’s setting of the Roman Catholic Mass in AMASS. Incorporating the writings of various spiritual thinkers, the music is less about a particular religion and instead reaches toward the ineffable.

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DIMENSIONS VOL 5

DIMENSIONS VOL. 5

Nan Avant, Christine Jancarz, Matthew Hetz, Joseph T. Spaniola, Scott Brickman, Lawrence Mumford

Leveraging musical passion and orchestral ferocity, DIMENSIONS VOL. 5 offers listeners a broad example of some of the most exciting work in contemporary orchestral music, drawing inspiration from moments of uncertainty and reflection in life, the music of Handel, traditional Latvian folk music, and more.

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VIRTUOSIC FUGUE

VIRTUOSIC FUGUE

Bryan Wallick

Good pianists are a dime a dozen, great pianists are one in a million. American virtuoso Bryan Wallick proves that he firmly belongs to the latter category on VIRTUOSIC FUGUE, a dazzling curation of music’s strictest and most challenging form, executed with a buttery, singing tone and ravishing technical bravura.

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CONVERSING WITH SPIRITS

CONVERSING WITH SPIRITS

David Colson

Viewed by composer David Colson as both a GPS and a scrapbook of memories, CONVERSING WITH SPIRITS presents innovative stories and sounds, including bari sax and marimba, trumpet duo, marimba solo, saxophone and piano pieces, and a lively work with the WMU Percussion Ensemble. Enjoy the surprises it has to offer.

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BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON

BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON

Po Sim Head

The pieces selected for BETWEEN THE ANDES & THE AMAZON are imbued with their composers’ respective cultural heritage and eclectic style: blending influences of Peruvian folk music with atonality, Latin polyrhythms with European counterpoint, and musical forms such as the sonata with elements of local dance and song.

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