Steven Stucky - Spirit Voices -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie, Juraj Valčuha

Steven Stucky - Spirit Voices -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Percussion Dame Evelyn Glennie, Conductor Juraj Valčuha. --- Program notes as per the composers website: Spirit Voices Steven Stucky (b. 1949) This work takes its inspiration from the diversity of spirits and other supernatural forces from cultures around the world who manifest their presence through sound. The Irish banshee (cousin to the Scots bean nighe of my second movement) is one well-known example, but there are countless others. However, Spirit Voices borrows only the names and general behaviors of the seven spirits and gods used for its seven movements; the music itself does not borrow from these original cultures but instead comes purely from my own imagination. I. Jiu haung ye (Malaysia). The Nine Emporer Gods are star deities who control the nine planets of our solar system, and they constitute the most popular spirit-medium cult within