Bridges: Ashes Into Light October 11, 2008

Ashes into Light is a three-movement, half hour cantata for chorus, vocal soloists and orchestra by the American composer Robert Kyr. The work was commissioned by the Nagasaki Peace Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. Text is sung in both English and Japanese. This visionary work is a journey from the profound tragedy of nuclear annihilation to reconciliation and 'waging peace' as a means of freeing the world from weapons of mass destruction.