Prince of Clouds

Prince of Clouds is a double concerto for two violins and string orchestra by the British-born composer Anna Clyne. The work was jointly commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music. It was composed in the summer of 2012 at the Hermitage Artist Retreat and was first performed on November 3, 2012 in Germantown, Tennessee by the violinists Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo with the IRIS Orchestra under conductor Michael Stern. The piece was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

Prince of Clouds

Prince of Clouds is a double concerto for two violins and string orchestra by the British-born composer Anna Clyne. The work was jointly commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music. It was composed in the summer of 2012 at the Hermitage Artist Retreat and was first performed on November 3, 2012 in Germantown, Tennessee by the violinists Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo with the IRIS Orchestra under conductor Michael Stern. The piece was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.