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| Composer | Harbison, John (b. 1938) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Harbison's Symphony no. 5 in Boston: A meditation on loss
There is an electric guitar on stage at Boston's Symphony Hall, and it is not a Pops concert.John Harbison's Symphony no. 5 for baritone, mezzo-soprano and orchestra up-ends what we think of as a symphony, presenting the voice as an instrument and recalibrating the form.