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James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, ignition, and the first sight of earthrise, leading to a fantasia on an ancient Greek melody, and a final triumphant Paean.
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Commissioned by James Roman, Houston, Texas and first performed on 13 July 2019 within the Space City New Music Festival, Houston Apollo JAMES WHITBOURN for online perusal only
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