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| Samsara | ||
| for orchestra | ||
| Year: 1997 | ||
| Duration: 8' | ||
| First Performance: 23 April 1997 Carnegie Music Hall; Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic; Juan Pablo Izquierdo, conductor | ||
| Orchestration: | ||
| picc+3(III=afl).3(III=cor A).3(III=bcl).2 - 4.2.2.1 - timp -
perc (3): xyl/BD; tam-t/SD/lg susp.cym/mtl.wind chimes; vib/tam-t - harp - piano - strings |
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Program Notes sam-sa-ra (sem-sär’e) noun Hinduism & Buddhism. The eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth. [Sanskrit samsârah, course of life, samsara : sam, together + sarati, it flows.] Although
I have found many, slightly different meanings for the word samsara,
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