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Dinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978)
Yatra, A ‘Sesqui’ or ‘Sesquicentennial Fanfare’
Composed: 2016
Premiered: 2016, Toronto
Duration: 3 minutes

Commissioned in 2016 by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yatra was composed as a short ‘Sesquicentennial Fanfare’ or ‘Sesqui’ for the 150th anniversary of the confederation of Canada. The piece offers a contemporary perspective of a vibrant, bustling Canada. The music celebrates the energy of diverse communities, and its eventual fading suggests that this diversity is a perpetual force, always in motion and destined to carry forward into the future.

Program note by the composer.

Dinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978)
Yatra, A ‘Sesqui’ or ‘Sesquicentennial Fanfare’
Composed: 2016
Premiered: 2016, Toronto
Duration: 3 minutes

Commissioned in 2016 by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yatra was composed as a short ‘Sesquicentennial Fanfare’ or ‘Sesqui’ for the 150th anniversary of the confederation of Canada. The piece offers a contemporary perspective of a vibrant, bustling Canada. The music celebrates the energy of diverse communities, and its eventual fading suggests that this diversity is a perpetual force, always in motion and destined to carry forward into the future.

Program note by the composer.