Sufjan Stevens / Nico Muhly / Bryce Dessner / James McAlister – Planetarium Artist_Gustaffson The arrangements are pretty maximalist

The arrangements are pretty maximalist and we were treading new ground with the instrumentation

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2019’s Polyhymnia

Sufjan Stevens / Nico Muhly / Bryce Dessner / James McAlister – Planetarium Artist_Gustaffson The arrangements are pretty maximalistAn album composed by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister. Flanked by a string quartet and a consort of seven trombones, this unique collaborative ensemble have assembled an expansive song cycle that explores the Sun, the Moon, the planets and other celestial bodies of our solar system (and beyond) through soundscape, song, science and myth. The subject of the album is not just the wilderness of outer space, but also the