''Parables'' is an oratorio by Robert Aldrige to a libretto by Herschel Garfein. The work commissioned by the

Topeka Symphony Orchestra Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central ...

and premiered in May 2010.John M. Robertson Tough Guys and True Believers: 041589042X - 2012 One example closes this chapter: Parables, a symphonic oratorio written in 2009. The words and music examine the problem of tolerance faced by all religious faiths. Composed by Robert Aldridge with text by Herschel Garfein, this recent work .

Recordings

*''Parables'' - Monica Yunus, Adriana Zabala, Joseph Okell, Philip Zawisza,

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

Choruses, University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, Kathy Saltzman Romey. DVD Naxos, 2013

References

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