Watch & Listen

Michael Daugherty: What’s That Spell?

Description:
The Wild & Whimsical Worlds of David Mallamud is a compilation of Parlor Songs, Immram, El Dilema de Chucho, Chrome-Plated-Gut-Waddin’ Mondorifico, Last Call at the Folies Bergère, and Lizardman.

3. Drum Majorette

Michael Daugherty: This Land Sings (Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie)

Albany Symphony Presents :: The Dogs of Desire

Description:
An interview with Artistic Director David Alan Miller about Dogs of Desire, in which he answers: How did you come up with the name? What music does Dogs of Desire perform? What type of audiences can you expect at performances?

Dogs of Desire – ://eN+#r@11eD (5.18.2012)

Description:
Christopher Kapica composed ://eN+#r@11eD_ (pronounced “enthralled”), “a work for sinfonietta and solo dancer wearing a custom-made, remote-controlled LED light jacket, in collaboration with choreographer Jehbreal M. Jackson and industrial designer Tom Nasca” (Kapica). The world premiere was performed at the Albany Symphony’s 2012 American Music Festival.

Studies in Hope: Frederick Douglass II. Lamp Post

Description:
Composed by Andre Myers, this recording is performed by Dogs of Desire, Andre Myers, two student soloists, and the Albany High School Chamber Choir (under the direction of Brendan Hoffman).

This three-movement work premiered at a free outdoor concert during the Albany Symphony’s 2019 American Music Festival: Sing Out! NY. The orchestration was expanded and performed by Albany Symphony in December 2019 at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Michael Daugherty – ‘This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie’ (excerpt)

Description:
This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie, is “a song cycle with seventeen original vocal and instrumental numbers, like a Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast” (Michael Daugherty).