Play (2013/2016). Andrew Norman #engulfing #grawemeyer

• Andrew Norman won the 2017 Grawemeyer Award for the work.
• The composer says symphonic music is meant to be experienced live. And yet, I take great enjoyment listening at home to tiny reproductions.
• " sprawling, engulfing, furiously unpredictable piece in three symphonic movements"
• "Play explores many different ideas—ideas about choice, chance, free will, and control, about how technology has rewired our brains and changed the ways we express ourselves, about the blurring boundaries of reality in the internet age, the murky grounds where video games and drone warfare meet, for instance, or where cyber-bullying and real world violence converge."