This recording showcases three new evocative works by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty, exploring the triumphs and tragedies of flight. Blue Electra is a dramatic violin concerto inspired by the sensational life and mysterious disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in 1937. Last Dance at the Surf is a one-movement dance symphony for orchestra that reflects upon rock 'n roll legend Buddy Holly's final performance in 1959 at the Surf Ballroom in Iowa and his tragic death in a plane crash just hours after his show. To the New World for orchestra celebrates the triumphant Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969 and Neil Armstrong's historic moonwalk. Under the baton of GRAMMY Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller, the Albany Symphony is joined by GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who performs Blue Electra with electrifying musicality and emotion.

Tracklist:

Blue Electra for violin and orchestra~I. Courage (1928)
Blue Electra for violin and orchestra~II. Paris (1932)
Blue Electra for violin and orchestra~III. From an Airplane (1921)
Blue Electra for violin and orchestra~IV. Last Flight (1937)
Last Dance at the Surf for orchestra
To the New World for orchestra~I. Moonrise
To the New World for orchestra~II. One Small Step
To the New World for orchestra~III. Splashdown

UPC: 636943995525
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 4.11.25
Format: CD

Daugherty - Daugherty: Blue Electra: Last Dance At The Surf: T (CD)