Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, whose new album, Forward Into Light, was released on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records in February, stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. She chose recordings by Henryk Górecki, Steve Reich, Wilco, Laurie Anderson, Iva Bittová, Ingram Marshall, and Kronos Quartet. You can watch it below and subscribe to the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel for all the latest. And you can get all of Sarah Kirkland Snider's Nonesuch Selects for 25% off the everyday low prices in the Nonesuch Store here through Sunday!

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." You can get it and hear it here.

You can hear a playlist of music from Sarah Kirkland Snider's Nonesuch Selects on Spotify and Apple Music here. You can watch all of the Nonesuch Selects videos here.