Commissioned for pianist Jeffrey Biegel by a consortium of orchestras, headed by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and involving: VocalEssence, Dayton, Springfield, Detroit, Calgary, Knoxville, and the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestras. Premiered in November, 2010 by the Pacific Symphony orchestra, Carl St. Clair, conductor. Recorded on Naxos 8.559788 by the Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, conductor and Jeffrey Biegel, piano and the Pacific Chorale, John Alexander, conductor. The work uses the same choral and instrumental forces as Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.