Anna Clyne on Bringing Together Visual Art and Music

Composer Anna Clyne often draws on her love for art while composing music, whether finding inspiration from existing artwork, or incorporating painting into her composition process. She describes how she painted a mural while composing her orchestral work "Night Ferry," and delves into how a painting by American artist Mark Rothko inspired her work "Color Field."
This spring, Anna Clyne's piano concerto "ATLAS"-inspired by the four-volume publication by German painter Gerhard Richter of the same name-is premiered by soloist Jeremy Denk and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by Fabio Luisi: www.dallassymphony.org/produc...
Music:
Night Ferry for orchestra
Composed by Anna Clyne
Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton
Night Ferry photography by Todd Rosenberg
Photos and videos in Woodstock art studio by Melanie Delgado
Film by Jesse Yang