CDFebruary 27, 2026

Sarah Kirkland Snider: Forward Into Light

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider's fifth full-length LP, an all-orchestral album co-released by Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam Records. Recorded by the GRAMMY-nominated Metropolis Ensemble under artistic director Andrew Cyr and produced by multi-GRAMMY-winning producer Silas Brown, the album features 'Forward Into Light' — commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and inspired by the American women's suffrage movement — alongside 'Drink the Wild Ayre,' 'Eye of Mnemosyne,' and 'Something for the Dark.' Han Chen performs as part of the Metropolis Ensemble.

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Sarah Kirkland Snider: Forward Into Light