America: A Prophecy

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America: A Prophecy is a contemporary orchestral and vocal work by British composer Thomas Adès that reflects on themes of apocalypse and the fall of civilizations.

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America: A Prophecy canonical 2
America a Prophecy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
vocal work
commissionedBy New York Philharmonic
composer Thomas Adès
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Thomas Adès
genre choral-orchestral work
contemporary classical music
orchestral music
hasPart chorus
mezzo-soprano soloist
orchestra
hasTitle America: A Prophecy
language English
notablePerformance New York Philharmonic
period 21st-century classical music
premiereLocation New York City
scoredFor large orchestra
mezzo-soprano voice
mixed chorus
style expressionist
modernist
subject America
civilization
destruction
theme apocalypse
catastrophe
fall of civilizations
historical decline
prophecy

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Thomas Adès notableWork America: A Prophecy
The Book of Urizen relatedWork America a Prophecy
linked to: America: A Prophecy
America: A Prophecy hasTitle America: A Prophecy