American composer Jennifer Higdon won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her Violin Concerto. Now she's written a new piece for solo harp and orchestra. On this episode of Performance Today, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and the Rochester Philharmonic play Jennifer Higdon's Harp Concerto.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jake Heggie: Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Movement 1: Rodin
Joyce DiDonato, soprano; Brentano String Quartet
Into the Fire (Live at Wigmore Hall)
Erato NA
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Piano Puzzler w/ Bruce Adolphe: This week's contestant is Steven B. from Honolulu, Hawaii
Josef Haydn: Quartet in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Brentano String Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Carlos Salzedo: Bolero and Rumba
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Salzedo's Harp
Telarc 80691
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (selections)
Michael Brown, piano; Wu Han, piano
U of GA Performing Arts Center / CMSLC, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Enrique Crespo: Vals Peruano
Canadian Brass
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Jennifer Higdon: Harp Concerto
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Ward Stare, conductor
American Rapture
Azica 71327
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