Hatzis's Winter Solstice is a meditation on our own times and the proposed visions for the future of our species; the twentieth century has seen the darkest moments of human history, despite its accomplishments in the realms of science, technology and conveniences for human life, and the work's three movements explore musical metaphors of darkness and light, despair and hope.
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.
