Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This world premiere performance of Viet Cuong's Circling Back appeared in a recent live streamed concert. "Circling Back seems to reflect the moment of its creation, as well as the hope that things are getting better. It feels like waking up. It feels like remembering something significant. It feels wistful but determined," says Cuong. "The expression “circling back” conjures images of a flight and the sense that we had been driven from our course but are now returning to the path we had charted, to the hopes and ideas we had to defer. Thank you to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cassie Pilgrim and Sarah Lewis for bringing this piece to life. I’m incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity to circle back to music-making with you."
Enjoy the full performance anytime for free at content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/bach-cuong-frank-and-mozart
This world premiere performance of Viet Cuong's Circling Back appeared in a recent live streamed concert. "Circling Back seems to reflect the moment of its creation, as well as the hope that things are getting better. It feels like waking up. It feels like remembering something significant. It feels wistful but determined," says Cuong. "The expression “circling back” conjures images of a flight and the sense that we had been driven from our course but are now returning to the path we had charted, to the hopes and ideas we had to defer. Thank you to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cassie Pilgrim and Sarah Lewis for bringing this piece to life. I’m incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity to circle back to music-making with you."
Enjoy the full performance anytime for free at content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/bach-cuong-frank-and-mozart
