Orbiting Garden is the second piece of Earthrise, a pentalogy of electroacoustic works which comprises Nadir, The Temptation of St Anthony, Crucifix and The Mega4 Meta4.
This is one of the composer's most performed works in spite of the extreme technical demands it places on the performer. The difficulty does not lie in the material itself but in the tight coordination that is required between the live performer and the extremely hyperactive tape part (a study in microrhythms).
Born in Greece, educated in the United States and a Canadian citizen since 1985, composer Christos Hatzis (b.1953) is becoming widely known as a leading figure in contemporary classical music. His works are performed and broadcast throughout the world, and their frequent combination of a powerful spiritual foundation with an immediately accessible appeal has made a deep emotional impact upon audiences and performers alike.
