Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live)

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero
Roberto Díaz
James Button
Nashville Symphony
Jennifer Higdon

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Composer Biography

Jennifer Higdon came to classical music relatively late, growing up with exposure to country, rock, and avant-garde art happenings, and teaching herself flute at age 15.

Performer Biography

James Button, the oboist on this recording, is the principal oboist of the Nashville Symphony since 2011 and made his solo debut with the Melbourne Symphony at age seventeen.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jennifer Higdon's musical language is often described as American, a quality she believes is inherent in her work, especially given the American institutions that commissioned her Viola Concerto.

Instruments

Roberto Díaz performs the Viola Concerto on the ex-Primrose Amati viola, a notable historical instrument.

Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of Jennifer Higdon's Viola Concerto and Oboe Concerto.

Performer Biography

Roberto Díaz, the violist on this recording, is the president and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music and previously served as principal viola for the Philadelphia Orchestra and the National Symphony.

Composer Biography

Jennifer Higdon, a major figure in contemporary classical music, received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto and a GRAMMY® Award in 2010 for her Percussion Concerto.