Day 30

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Today’s Recommended Listening:

Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Concerto for Orchestra - I. First Movement 

(Orchestra)

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
[Spotify] - 8 minutes

I remember reading in Gramophone Magazine that this piece existed and I was so excited I went straight to Barnes & Noble and bought the Robert Spano/Atlanta Symphony recording of this piece (the debut of the work) and instantly fell in love with it. What an opening!

The Concerto for Orchestra is literally a virtuosic display to feature all sections of the orchestra, created as a genre by Bela Bartok. The other major Concertos for Orchestra is by Witold Lutoslawski, although I’ve also always liked the one written by Richard Danielpour, little-known as it is.

Higdon has won a bunch of the major awards (like a Pulitzer and 3 Grammys) and rose to prominence with her early piece Blue Cathedral. She had a huge impact on my life when I saw her give a talk at the. Cleveland Institute of Music in 2005. She said that she recommended self-publishing all of your own compositions and arrangements, which at the time was pretty novel. She said that using the power of the World Wide Web, you could get people to buy sheet music directly from you instead of giving 60-80% to publishers. That’s when I decided to self-publish.

Throughout the eras, Philadelphia Orchestra is considered to be the most “lush” string sound for an orchestra, a style cultivated by Eugene Ormandy. It’s worth hearing how the orchestra doesn’t sound much different even though the Bartok recording must be at least 50 years old. They sound really, really good.

What to Explore Next:

1. Jennifer Higdon - Violin Concerto
[Hilary Hahn recording]

2. Jennifer Hgidon - Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra
[Kate Dillingham]

3. Bela Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
[Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra]

Yay! You did it! Congratulations :)
—Eric