Summer Lightning

I’ve always admired Jacob Druckman’s knack for orchestration. He always managed to coax such vivid, colorful timbres from whatever the instrumental forces happened to be. With this evocatively titled orchestra piece, Summer Lightning, the composer not only captures an appropriately electrified atmosphere, it turns out he didn’t forget to include the thunder either. Expect the composer’s exquisite dovetailing textural shifts with a little extra chutzpah.

—RN