Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight"
2/24/2023, 7 Tracks, 1:06:38
Featuring
Marin Alsop
Ji Su Jung
Katherine Needleman
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Puts
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Performer Biography
Katherine Needleman, the oboist, joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as principal oboist in 2003, the same year she won First Prize at the International Double Reed Society's Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox Competition.
Performer Biography
Ji Su Jung, the marimbist, is the first solo percussionist to receive the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Recording & Production
The recordings for this album were made at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with some tracks recorded live.
Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor, is the first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and was the first woman to conduct the BBC's Last Night of the Proms.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Kevin Puts considers the Marimba Concerto to reflect his most direct and unguarded voice, influenced by Mozart's piano concertos.
Composer Biography
Kevin Puts, the composer, is a Pulitzer Prize winner, having received the award in 2012 for his opera Silent Night.
Recording & Production
This album includes world premiere recordings of the Marimba Concerto, The City, and Moonlight 'Oboe Concerto No. 2'.
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