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Suite from Pearl, the Opera

Duration: ~ 10 minutes

Commissioned by the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Conductor William Henry Curry

Premiered by the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro William Henry Curry

Available from Adamo Press

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons; 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets; timpani; percussion; strings

Scenes from Pearl the Opera was commissioned by the Durham Symphony Orchestra and premiered in December 2022 at the Hayti Heritage Center under the baton of Maestro William Henry Curry. The work draws on music from Pearl, a full-length opera retelling Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter from the perspective of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's daughter. The suite moves between worlds - tender, searching lyricism and fierce, turbulent outbursts - tracing Pearl's inner life as a child caught between love, shame, and an untameable spirit.

Suite from Pearl, the OperaAmy Scurria
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