Song Offerings: Choral Works by Christopher Tin
In mid-2024, I was creatively worn down from having tackled a string of serious and challenging projects: The Lost Birds, Civilization VII and Turandot. After a pair of concerts in Vilnius, Lithuania, I realized that I really enjoyed conducting--and composing--my more upbeat, lively pieces like "Baba Yetu" and "Waloyo Yamoni". I was longing to get back to being 'Fun Chris', and fortunately, the opportunity presented itself in the form of a commission from Kantorei.
Live Gloriously (from Civilization VII)
In the summer of 2023 I was simultaneously facing the two most high-pressure commissions of my entire career. The first was to complete Giacomo Puccini's final opera 'Turandot' for Washington National Opera--a huge challenge to fill the maestro's shoes, especially for a first-time opera composer like myself. The second commission, however, was equally daunting, but in a different way: I had to compose the theme to Civilization VII, and somehow match the bar I had set for myself with my previous Civilization themes: "Baba Yetu" and "Sogno di Volare".
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