An elegy for my beloved mentor Samuel Hsu, composed in 2011-2012 and performed at the Csehy Summer School of Music. 

"People look at my library, and they think that I am interested in everything. But I am interested in one thing; I am interested in Love." 

Read more here: https://ryancarsonmusic.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/an-elegiac-fugue-string-quartet/

An Elegiac Fugue (for String Quartet)

37', choir, crotales and bass drum (played by singers). The words of the Apollo 8 astronauts as they rounded the moon and saw the earthrise, combined with text by Boethius describing Phoebus (Apollo) and our place in the universe. Includes a portion of the Genesis creation text, which the astronauts read to the world as we gazed at the earth on the television transmission.

The Consolation of Apollo

5:15, for choir and crotales, the second movement from The Consolation of Apollo. 37', choir, crotales and bass drum (played by singers). The words of the Apollo 8 astronauts as they rounded the moon and saw the earthrise, combined with text by Boethius describing Phoebus (Apollo) and our place in the universe. Includes a portion of the Genesis creation text, which the astronauts read to the world as we gazed at the earth on the television transmission.

The Consolation of Apollo 2 Yes It's Beautiful

SATB, 5'. Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the ministry of  John French as organist/choirmaster of The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. Premiered 2 July 2017

An Elegiac Fugue (for String Quartet)

Ryan Carson

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