Behind Barbed Wire, solo saxophone, chamber orchestra, full score, saxophone part

Commemorates the 75th anniversary of the signing of EO9066, which led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans from 1942-1946. The story is told through music, narration of Haiku and Tanka poetry written by internees in the camps, and a documentary video.

Instrumentation
alto saxophone, piano, flute, bassoon, Percussion, strings

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price

Time
15′

Composition Year
2018

Publication Year
2018

Recording Information
Video of May 18 performance is at culvercrest.com

Performance Information
May 18, 2018 Chika Inoue, alto saxophone, Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra, Corrado Valvo, guest conductor, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York