Burning Sled

for twelve instruments (2003)

Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra for the Capital Region Heritage Project, 2003, the Chamber Symphony was first performed at the Albany Institute of History and Art by members of the Albany Symphony Orchestra conducted by Music Director David Alan Miller on 8 March 2003. 'Hagen describes the work in spiritual terms—' writes Joseph Dalton, 'a reflection of the current stage of his writing as well as the mystical aspects of the three paintings he selected.' Those three paintings, from the collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art, where the work was premiered, were displayed when the Chamber Symphony was performed; the audience was invited to view them before and after the performance. Read more>>>