The Loop38 ensemble performs Pierre Jalbert’s Transcendental Windows on January 13 in Houston. Guest conducted by Jerry Hou, new music collective Musiqa presents the “Looking Back in Time” concert.
About Transcendental Windows:
Transcendental Windows was commissioned by David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony. The work was part of a project that the Albany Symphony undertook, in which they commissioned a series of chamber pieces to be based on the stained glass windows of Louis Tiffany from the early 20th century. These Tiffany windows are located in historic churches in Albany and Troy, New York. Transcendental Windows was inspired by the Tiffany windows located in First Presbyterian Church in downtown Albany, most notably the immensely colorful Sea of Galilee window. Though in one continuous movement, this work contains nine sections, each of which is given a name and is based upon a different aspect/technique of Tiffany’s windows.
— Pierre Jalbert