Archive for October 1st, 2020
Jennifer Higdon On The Creation Of Her Pulitzer Prize Winning Violin Concerto.
During the 10-week BSO Encore series there were compositions by several living composers. The last concert of the series featured Jennifer Higdon’s Pulitzer Prize winning Violin Concerto. Ms. Higdon generously gave me an interview about the creation of her concerto for violinist Hilary Hahn.
Michael Daugherty Takes Us On A Trip Through “UFO.”
During the 10-week BSO Encore series It was such a pleasure to talk with all the living composers whose works were featured on the concerts. Grammy Award winning American composer, Michael Daugherty described the process of writing UFO for percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Thursday 10/01/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CLYNE: Masquerade OFFENBACH: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld SCHMIDT: “Intermezzo” from Notre Dame Von Suppe: Overture to Poet and Peasant NIELSEN: Overture to Maskarade Manfred Honeck, conductor
Playlist: Oct/01/20
10:51 PM Jessie Montgomery — Source Code Ensemble: The Catalyst QuartetAzica, 71302 10:28 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 21 Key: CConductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Chamber Orchestra of EuropeMaria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 439941 10:05 PM Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Four Novelettes Opus: 52Ensemble: U.S. Air Force Band, Wash.D.C.USAF, 1407 9:30 PM Robert Schumann — Kreisleriana […]
