Blue Liberty – Steve Heitzeg

If you are interested in a parts set for a performance, please contact us. Composer: Steve Heitzeg Instrumentation: 3-3-3-3/4-3-3-1/timp, 4 perc, hp/str Duration: Approx. 5 minutes Date Written: 2002 Commissioned by: Minnesota Orchestra and the City of Plymouth by the Plymouth Civic League with funding from the Builder's Consortium in honor of the dedication of the Hilde Performance Center at the 30th anniversary of Music in Plymouth 2002 Premiered by: Minnesota Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor, Hilde Performance Center, Plymouth, MN on 07/01/2002 Additional Information: As I reflect on 15 years of performances of Blue Liberty, I am most grateful to Barbara Willis and Music in Plymouth for commissioning the piece and to the Minnesota Orchestra and its remarkable conductors and musicians for their excellent performances throughout the years. In many ways, Blue Liberty has become for me a marker of coming and going, of liberty’s fragile promise and potential loss. I composed B