Theodore Morrison, Composer - Oscar, War & Reconciliation

listen to excerpts

Symphony: "War and Reconciliation", Passacaglia & Rondo
Choral Arts Society of Washington with orchestra, Norman Scribner, conductor (6:05)

Missa Brevis, Kyrie and Gloria
University of Michigan Chamber Choir with the composer conducting (6:04)

The Gifts of the Spirit, Variation 7, Chaconne
Marilyn Mason, organist (2:39)

Unto Us A Child Is Born, Movement I
University of Michigan Chamber Choir & Detroit Chamber Winds with James Kibbie, organist, and the composer conducting (3:05)

Shakespeare Songs, complete
Orphei Drängar, Uppsala, Sweden, Robert Lund conductor (5:52)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Theodore Morrison began composing at age 42, more than twenty years after he was firmly established as a conductor. Over the past three decades he has composed an epic choral symphony, other large works for voices and orchestra, and many shorter pieces in several genres.

CURRENT WORK

The Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia have commissioned Theodore Morrison and the eminent English stage director John Cox to create OSCAR, an opera in two acts on the subject of Oscar Wilde’s trial and imprisonment, starring countertenor David Daniels.