"Viriditas" genre: Contemporary
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	Final movmement of Shattering Suns
	Credits: ISU Wind Symphony/Stephen K. Steele
	Story Behind the Song Viriditas, a word coined by Hildegard von Bingen and more recently used by science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, describes the green force of life, expanding into the Universe. The final movement of Shattering Suns is a dance of life: a rhythmic outburst acting as a pendant to the opening, chaotic explosion of a dying star in the first movement. Mixed meters and fast, ascending scales combine to produce a feeling of rushing forward, joyfully, to greet the unknown.

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