Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries

Prior to Omar, my favorite two "modern" operas are from the 1950s, Barber’s Vanessa and Moore’s Ballad of Baby Doe (with Sills 5 arias in my head whenever I think of them). So, this Omar was very special.

While I have heard and appreciate Busoni's Doktor Faust (in my permanent collection) my favorite and my wife's is Boito's Faust (saw it with Ramey) and Gounod Faust (too long for her). 

Except for Glass who i like , i dont think we will argue much about music if i read your posts..

For the Busoni Faust i like it a lot because of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau who sing it at his peak... No other will have done better...

My best to you...

Lucas Richman: 3 movement symphony - This Will Be Our Reply, 1988 

Skip to 20:40, third movement (written first, other movements later to fill in)

Full orchestra & chorus   This is a great modern work (like Leonard Bernstein's great works).  I performed at Disney Hall on 8/2019 West Coast Premiere with LAJS/Korean orchestra, 90 singers.  Compare to avantgarde music (which has it's place).  This is emotionally targeting more people, like Bernstein.  This and his 2000 full orchestrated Dachau Lied (also premiere and sung for 2000 students in 2023 with me among the 16 male singers) unavailable due to musician guild restrictions.  Our performance had people on the edge of their seats it was electrifying (studio and LA Phil musicians).  

I see Phillip Glass mentioned many times here.

The only weird thing about Phillip Glass he bases all his compositions off the simple minor chord arpeggio