IDAGIO | Higdon: On a Wire - Gandolfi: Q.E.D.: Engaging Richard Feynman 816436010007

Featuring

Robert Spano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Eighth Blackbird
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Jennifer Higdon
Michael Gandolfi

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Performer Biography

The GRAMMY®-winning sextet eighth blackbird, featured on this album, is known for performing from memory with theatrical flair and making new music accessible to wide audiences.

Composer Biography

Jennifer Higdon, one of the composers on this album, won a Pulitzer Prize for her Violin Concerto in 2009 and a GRAMMY® for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto in 2010.

Composition History

Jennifer Higdon's work 'On A Wire' is a co-commission by eight different organizations, including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Jennifer Higdon, one of the composers on this album, was the first woman composer to be named a featured composer at the Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival in 2003.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jennifer Higdon's 'On A Wire' is a concerto for the sextet eighth blackbird, designed to highlight the group as an ensemble, allow each member to solo, and utilize their unique staging, including bowed piano.

Composer Biography

Michael Gandolfi, the other composer on this album, is the Chairman of the Composition Department at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Michael Gandolfi's 'Q.E.D.: Engaging Richard Feynman' is a celebration of the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, drawing on his boundless curiosity and infectious enthusiasms.