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Peter Child: Shanti
BMOP/sound
1057
Recording Release Date 
May 2018
SACD Recording 
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 65:04
    • Boston Modern Orchestra Project
    • Gil Rose, conductor

    MIT-based composer Peter Child has an extensive international resume, from a year spent studying Karnatic music in Madras, India (now Chennai) to performances by the national symphonies of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. BMOP offers the first recording of his orchestral music, headlined by the 40-minute Shanti, the title of which refers to the Sanskrit word for the elusive grasp of inner peace.

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    Track listing

    Disc 1 
    Audio icon Jubal
    Audio icon Adirondack Voices
    Audio icon I. Miner Hill
    Audio icon II. Donny Dims of the Arrow
    Audio icon III. The Jam on Gerry's Rock
    Audio icon Shanti
    Audio icon I. Adbhuta (wonder)
    Audio icon II. Karuna (compassion)
    Audio icon III. Bhayanaka (fear)
    Audio icon IV. Hasya (humor)
    Audio icon V. Veera (valor)
    Audio icon VI. Raudra (rage)
    Audio icon VII. Shringar (love)
    Audio icon VIII. Shanti (peace)
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    News and Press

    [CD Review] Peter Child: Shanti is on Carson Cooman's "Want List" for 2018

    Once again, my list includes a release from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s ongoing and indispensable series of recordings. I’ve long enjoyed Peter Child’s excellent music and have reviewed a past album of his chamber music. This release of his orchestral works is anchored by a particularly strong piece, Shanti, which gives the album its title.

    Fanfare Magazine Full review
    [CD Review] Child: Jubal; Adirondack Voices; Shanti

    This album was my introduction to the music of Peter Child. Like Lindberg’s works, Child’s music is multi-faceted and adaptable to whatever idea is at hand. The wild and exuberant Jubal is essentially a symphony-concerto for orchestra,
    compressed into one 15-minute movement.

    American Record Guide Full review
    [CD Review] Peter Child in ARG

    This album was my introduction to the music of Peter Child. Like Lindberg’s works, Child’s music is multi-faceted and adaptable to whatever idea is at hand. The wild and exuberant Jubal is essentially a symphony-concerto for orchestra, compressed into one 15-minute movement. Adirondack Voices consists of settings of folk songs that were brought to America from UK and spread through Adirondack logging communities. These aren’t simply transcriptions: the textual content of each song informsthe musical content.

    American Record Guide Full review
    [CD Review] Shanti review in the Globe

    Peter Child: Shanti (BMOP/sound)

    The Boston Globe Full review
    [CD Review] From Philip Glass to folk-inspired violin, sounds for the summer

    The three works by Peter Child on this new release demonstrate the MIT composer’s remarkable stylistic diversity. Billed as a concert overture, “Jubal” packs the material of a four-movement symphony into a 15-minute span, filled with whirlwind motivic development, dense harmonies, and orchestra writing of Mahlerian exuberance.

    The Boston Globe Full review