Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries

Lucas Richman: 3 movement symphony - This Will Be Our Reply, 1988 

Skip to 20:40, third movement (written first, other movements later to fill in)

Full orchestra & chorus   This is a great modern work (like Leonard Bernstein's great works).  I performed at Disney Hall on 8/2019 West Coast Premiere with LAJS/Korean orchestra, 90 singers.  Compare to avantgarde music (which has it's place).  This is emotionally targeting more people, like Bernstein.  This and his 2000 full orchestrated Dachau Lied (also premiere and sung for 2000 students in 2023 with me among the 16 male singers) unavailable due to musician guild restrictions.  Our performance had people on the edge of their seats it was electrifying (studio and LA Phil musicians).  

I see Phillip Glass mentioned many times here.

The only weird thing about Phillip Glass he bases all his compositions off the simple minor chord arpeggio

I like a lot this of Lucas Richman

Now a genius much not well known here :

One of the great Aminadav Aloni's religious oratorios which has a lifetime of jazz and classical compositional attributes (mostly in English and some Hebrew)  with LAJS (LA Phil/studio/amateur orchestra members) 

Kohelet (the Book of Ecclesiastes) by Ami Aloni (youtube.com)