It was commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, in conjunction with the San Francisco Choral Society and Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on May 22, 2011 under the baton of Norman Scribner.
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