duration:
18min
instrumentation: Orchestra and Children's Choir -- 2(pic)-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, 3 perc, piano/strings
movements: I. Honor and Sacrifice (composed by Amy Scurria) II. Wounded Fields (composed by Heitzeg) III. The Last Full Measure (co-composed by Heitzeg and Scurria) (Movements available separately)
premiere: The Philadelphia Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Temple University Music Prep Children's Choir, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA on 01/04/2003
commissioned: The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra