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'Everywhere in the World" Prologue from Four Freedoms (2020)
"Everywhere in the World," Prologue from Four Freedoms (2020)
Words by Joseph C Phillips Jr
The opera was commissioned by The Maryland Opera Studio, Craig Kier director
(SATB Choir (Soprano 1 & 2, Mezzo/Alto 1 & 2, Tenor, Bass) with Chamber Orchestra (or Piano))
3 minutes
Words by Joseph C Phillips Jr
The opera was commissioned by The Maryland Opera Studio, Craig Kier director
(SATB Choir (Soprano 1 & 2, Mezzo/Alto 1 & 2, Tenor, Bass) with Chamber Orchestra (or Piano))
3 minutes
In President Roosevelt's State of the Union speech from 1941 he outlined "Four Freedoms" that everyone should experience and live, "everywhere in the world": Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear. Those ideals still resonated almost 80 years later as I wrote the words and story for my opera Four Freedoms, which I based on four contemporary topics (voter disenfranchisement, worship and discrimination, immigration, and climate change) that all tie together to illuminate how far away as a country, and a world, we are from living up to those ideals.
Collage cover photo: Hank Willis and Emily Shur, For Freedoms
Thanks and credit to all the original photos on this website to: David Andrako, Concrete Temple Theatre, Marcy Begian, Mark Elzey, Ed Lefkowicz, Donald Martinez, Kimberly McCollum, Geoff Ogle, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Daniel Wolf-courtesy of Roulette, Andrew Robertson, Viscena Photography, Jennifer Kang, Carolyn Wolf, Mark Elzey, Karen Wise, Numinosito. The Numinous Changing Same album design artwork by DM Stith. The Numinous The Grey Land album design and artwork by Brock Lefferts. Contact for photo credit and information on specific images.