For those unaware, Kip Winger is a genre-bridging composer with a long and successful career in rock music. His celebrated ballet score Conversations with Nijinsky led conductor Giancarlo Guerrero to commission the two works on this album.

Weaving four floriographical meanings into the musical arc, In the Language of Flowers is a violin concerto that celebrates a love story “no words could adequately express.”

Symphony of the Returning Light sits in the tradition of autobiographical fantasies stretching back to Berlioz. The symphony incorporates the use of Morse code rhythms and is centered around the theme of atonement.

Violin Concerto, “In the Language of Flowers”
1. I. Forsythia [06:42]
2. II. Viscaria [05:48]
3. III. Ambrosia [09:31]
4. IV. Wisteria [09:52]

Symphony of the Returning Light
5. I. S.O.S. [06:30]
6. II. Eleos [07:21]
7. III. Metamorphosis [07:46]
8. IV. Metanoia [04:04]

This breathtakingly immaculate new recording opens on Violin Concerto, “In the Language of Flowers,” and in particular the veritably crystalline work brought forth on Forsythia which is backed by the flourishing nature within Viscaria, the more stoically arced Ambrosia, rounding out on the furtively cinematic Wisteria.

The second piece is Symphony of the Returning Light, which itself begins with the aptly-titled notations that pulse through S.O.S. before we are gifted the regally sumptuous Eleos, more notations from before are found emboldening the strident Metamorphosis, the set closing on some aloof, yet gilded sculpted majesties within Metanoia.

Kip Winger is a GRAMMY-nominated composer and multi-platinum recording artist whose genre-spanning career bridges rock, classical, and theatrical music.

After touring early in his career as bassist with Alice Cooper, and later performing with artists including Alan Parsons, Roger Daltrey, Bob Dylan, and the Hollywood Vampires, Winger founded his eponymous band in 1987. The group went on to sell millions of albums worldwide, earn six Billboard Top 40 singles, receive an American Music Awards nomination, and gain widespread critical acclaim for its exceptional musicianship.

Winger has established himself as a leading voice in contemporary classical composition. He studied with Richard Danielpour, Michael Kurek, and Richard Hermann, and his music has since been performed by leading orchestras including the Nashville Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.

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