Photo by Candace DiCarlo
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Newest Compositions
New work for harp and flute quartet will be premiered by Melvin Lauf, Jr., harp soloist, in Falls Church, Virginia on October 23, 2009.
Violin Concerto, a 30-minute work for solo violin and orchestra, was completed in June of 2008. It will be premiered by Hilary Hahn and the Indianapolis Symphony on February 6, 2009. The work was co-commissioned by the Toronto Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Concerto 4-3, a 30-minute work for string trio (soli of two violins and double bass) and orchestra, was completed in 2007. It was premiered by Time for Three and The Philadelphia Orchestra on January 10, 2008 at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The work was co-commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Wheeling Symphony.
The Singing Rooms, a 30-minute work for solo violin, SATB chorus, and orchestra, was completed in 2007. Higdon used the poetry of Jeanne Minahan as the text for the work. It was premiered by Jennifer Koh, soloist, and The Philadelphia Orchestra on January 17, 2008, in Philadelphia. The work was co-commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Minnesota Orchestra.
Soprano Sax Concerto, a 17-minute work for soprano saxophone solo and orchestra, was completed in 2007. It was premiered August 3, 2007 by Tim McAllister, soprano saxophone soloist, with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra (Marin Alsop, cond.) at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, in Santa Cruz, California.
Piano Concerto, a 30-minute work for piano solo and orchestra, was completed in 2006. It will be premiered December 3-5, 2009 by Yuja Wang, piano soloist, with the National Symphony Orchestra (Andrew Litton, cond.) at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC.
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