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Played one of best Rhapsody In Blue I've ever heard...

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Harmonia

In Reply to: RE: Glass and Higdon posted by phatty on December 28, 2007 at 10:32:30

...in, of all places, Muncie IN. Isn't he the pianist who put together the commission of Lowell Liebermann's 3rd Piano COncerto? Liebermann is a very "accessible" modern composer and very adept at the concerto form. Very entertaining, not afriad of big themes and devlopment. His 2nd concerto brought down the house a couple years ago here in Indy. I bet you heard the new 3rd you lucky dog.

I have a certain appreciation for Glass - though I find him a very mixed bag. I tend to prefer John Adams' brand of minimalism.

I'm not fmailiar with Higdon's early work. I have heard her large orchestral works - Blue Cathedral, City Scape and Concerto For Orchestra - live in concert with the local band. Dust off that CD, she is the real deal. Blue Cathedral was pretty special.

Follow Ups:

Yes, it was the Third.... - phatty 11:49:00 12/28/07 (1)
..with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.
Fantastic.

Believe it or not, I only got interested in him because he said he was a friend of Emerson's. There were plans for him and Emerson toperform on the same bill, Biegel doing the Emerson Concerto ,and Emerson playing a new adaptation of a Ginestera piece. I don't see that happening, but Biegel will play Emerson with Champaign / Urbana Symphony in Illinois in April, I believe.

That's just a bit far from connecticut for a road trip.

I will dust off the Higdon disk. I remember her joking thatthe first cut on the disk is enough to drive a cat crazy , or something to that effect.

I have been thinking about getting Blue Cathedral, maybe I will.

Thanks
- Champaign/Urbana is less than 2 hours from me. - Harmonia 15:05:08 12/28/07 (0)
  Maybe I will check it out, if I'm not working. Some folks that used to play in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra are teaching over at U of I. I haven't seen Keith Emerson in...let's just say it's been a looooong time ;-)
  
  Blue Cathedral - go for it. Also check out Lowell Liebermann on disc.

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