Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fifth full-length LP, a new, all-orchestral album titled Forward Into Light, produced by multi-GRAMMY-winning producer Silas Brown and recorded by GRAMMY-nominated Metropolis Ensemble, will be co-released by Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam Records on 2/27/2026.
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fifth full-length LP, the all-orchestral album Forward Into Light, was produced by Silas Brown and recorded by Metropolis Ensemble led by artistic director/conductor Andrew Cyr. It features Forward Into Light, inspired by the American women’s suffrage movement; the string orchestra and harp (Noël Wan) version of Drink the Wild Ayre; Eye of Mnemosyne, a work on memory, innovation, and culture; and Something for the Dark, a meditation on resilience. Snider says: “I chose to create an album of these four works because they share themes of perseverance, alliance, and evolution through dark and light—concepts that have been at the forefront of my mind in recent years."
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Eye of Mnemosyne: I. Prelude: "Eye of Mnemosyne”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: II. Mnemonic: "Wheel of the Muses”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: III. Mori: "Memory of the Dead”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: IV. Vivere: "Power of the Snapshot”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: V. Memento: "Defense Against Time”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: VI. Nostos: "War Story”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: VII. Ephemera: "Fragmented Memory”
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Eye of Mnemosyne: VIII. Psyche (Epilogue): "Lens of Nostalgia”
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Something for the Dark: I. The Promise
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Something for the Dark: II. Of Rise and Renewal
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