On the Transmigration of Souls

On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack is a composition by composer John Coolidge Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks. It is scored for chorus and orchestra, containing texts from the countless "missing person" signs that became such a heartwrenching symbol of the attacks, both narrated and sung.

Adams received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in music for the piece. It is published by Boosey & Hawkes, was premiered by the New York Philharmonic on September 19, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall, and is approximately 25 minutes long.

External link

• Earbox.com: On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams