Poster Composer Jennifer Higdon
Composer Jennifer Higdon
Photo: Andrew Bogard
Performance Today®

The rhythm of our time

At the beginning of the new millennium, composer Jennifer Higdon wrote a piece based on the perception that everyone's individual drumbeat is accelerating, adding to the rhythm of our time. On today's show, the US Marine Band celebrates the rhythm and speed of life, with Fanfare Ritmico by Jennifer Higdon.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Paul Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano: IV. Kroztzke
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
Music@Menlo 2012 Resonance Disc V: Herrmann - Schoenfield
Music@Menlo Live NA

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43: Movements 3 & 4
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Sextet for Strings, Op. 70: Movement 1
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, NY

Gioacchino Rossini: Introduction, Theme, and Variations
David Shifrin, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
Gloria Chien, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

Hour 2

Claude Debussy: Dances for Harp and String Orchestra: Movement 2 Danse Profane
Vera Badings, harp; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Debussy: Orchestral Music
Philips 438 742

Jean Sibelius: Finnish Folksongs (arranged for piano)
William Hobbs, piano
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY

Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico
United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA

Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803: Movements 1-3
Camerata RCO
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

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