Poster Composer Jennifer Higdon
This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by Jennifer Higdon.
OK Mozart Festival/OK Mozart Festival
Extra Eclectic

Music that bears repeating

Extra Eclectic - July 16, 2025

Forms of repetition are explored on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, such as chaconnes, sarabandes, drones and ostinatos. We hear selections including “Divine Objects” from Johann Johannsson’s Drone Mass, the “Chaconni” from Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto, John Corigliano’s Fantasia on an Ostinato and much more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Playlist

Partita: Sarabande
Caroline Shaw
Brad Wells, conductor
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam 41

Little Passacaglia
Peter Sculthorpe
Ananda Sukarlan, piano

Chaconne
Norman Dello Joio
James Sedares, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Koch 7243

Violin Concerto: Chaconni
Jennifer Higdon
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Hahn, violin
DG 14698

Sarabande
La Monte Young
Yvar Mikhashoff, piano
Mode 262

The Path
Zoe Keating
Zoe Keating, cello
SELF PROD 340

Casting No Shadow
Wim Mertens
Wim Mertens, piano
Les Disques du Crepuscule 748

Sky with Four Suns
John Luther Adams
Ethel
Cold Blue 36

Guitar Concerto “Chaconne”
Wayne Siegel
Kaisa Roose, conductor
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Jakob Bangso, guitar
Orchid 100142

Quartets: Two: Drone
Peter Gregson
Warren Zielinski, violin
DG 4863301

Drone Mass: Divine Objects
Johann Johannsson
Paul Hillier, conductor
Theatre of Voices
DG 4837419

The Quiet at Night
Mary Lattimore
Mary Lattimore, harp
Ghostly 260

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