Dreams of the Fallen is a choral symphony-concerto for solo piano, SATB chorus, and orchestra with music by the composer Jake Runestad set to texts of the poet Brian Turner, a veteran of the Iraq War.
[2] It received its New York City premiere with the West Point Glee Club, the New Amsterdam Singers, the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony at Carnegie Hall on 19 November 2016, conducted by David Bernard.
[4] Jake Runestad was approached by Biegel for the musical score, which is a setting of selected the texts by Brian Turner.
Dreams of the Fallen is a compilation of poetry from Turner’s books Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise, which address a soldier’s emotional response to the experience of war.
The unique inclusion of a prominent solo piano part was prepared in deference to the contributions of Jeffrey Biegel in commissioning the work and bringing the original performers together.