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Podcast: Jennifer Higdon. 2 Spectacular Concertos • 1 Sizzling Recording
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This podcast features American composer Jennifer Higdon in a wide-ranging conversation with Raymond Bisha, during which she describes the long swathe of influences on her composing career. The musical spotlights comprise extracts from her latest recording for Naxos of two powerfully engaging works: the Concerto for Orchestra, written in 2002 and demanding virtuosity from principal players, individual sections and the entire orchestra alike; and her pyrotechnic Duo Duel, a concerto for two percussionists written in 2020, that boasts a killer cadenza (during which you should hold on to your hat) and a diaphanous opening (for which you should hold your breath, and with which this podcast begins…)
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Catalogue No.: 8.559913
The post Podcast: Jennifer Higdon. 2 Spectacular Concertos • 1 Sizzling Recording appeared first on The Naxos Blog.
163 episodes
Manage episode 376953124 series 31309
This podcast features American composer Jennifer Higdon in a wide-ranging conversation with Raymond Bisha, during which she describes the long swathe of influences on her composing career. The musical spotlights comprise extracts from her latest recording for Naxos of two powerfully engaging works: the Concerto for Orchestra, written in 2002 and demanding virtuosity from principal players, individual sections and the entire orchestra alike; and her pyrotechnic Duo Duel, a concerto for two percussionists written in 2020, that boasts a killer cadenza (during which you should hold on to your hat) and a diaphanous opening (for which you should hold your breath, and with which this podcast begins…)
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Catalogue No.: 8.559913
The post Podcast: Jennifer Higdon. 2 Spectacular Concertos • 1 Sizzling Recording appeared first on The Naxos Blog.
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