MarcellaThis centenary performance of Umberto Giordano' Marcella was prepared from the composer' manuscript, the score and parts having been destroyed during World War II.

and unlike his contemporaries

while the mournful intimacy and passion of Supplica unfolds somewhat like the slow movement of a Bruckner or Mahler symphony

open skies and farm animals upstate felt familiar: "They reminded me of home as I'd remembered it

offering a kaleidoscope of moods from contemplative and prayerful to majestic and inspirational

and otherwise

at least until he gets home to wife Vanessa (Nancy Travis) and their three willful daughters (Alexandra Krosney

Mozart's F major Sonata followed

and escape into a state of uninterrupted bliss has become a necessity

" When Texas Sun was released

A product of German

the Artur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv

TROY's score comprises cinematic soundscapes