Violin Concerto
Composer: Jennifer Higdon
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Hilary Hahn (Violin)
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Date of broadcast: 01 June 2009
Higdon is not well known outside the US but her music deserves a wider audience. Starting off as a flute player (she still favours the instrument in her compositions!) she's a recognised major composer of her generation. Her music is lush at times, at others spiky - as in the beginning of this concerto written in 2008 for her student, violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn. This work won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Composer: Jennifer Higdon
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Hilary Hahn (Violin)
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Recording date: 28 May 2009
Date of broadcast: 01 June 2009
Image credit: Andrew Bogard.
