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Not many flute concertos suggest the grandeur of a Wagner opera. Fewer, likely, take inspiration from Jethro Tull, the progressive rock band that packed arenas in the 1970s and ‘80s. But these are among the ingredients in Aaron Jay Kernis’s Flute Concerto (2015), which flutist Marina Piccinini performs on a new Naxos recording with conductor Leonard Slatkin and Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Pierre Jalbert’s new violin concerto performed by Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Kahane just released on BIS.
Introducing… Sleepover at the Museum. A new multimedia orchestral work by composer and author Karen LeFrak.
Copland House, the award-winning creative center for American music based at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in Cortlandt Manor, will receive a $15,000 grant to support its public programming in Westchester County during the 2019-2020 season.
Pulitzer Prize winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ new violin concerto, recorded and premiered by violinist James Ehnes with the Seattle Symphony and conductor Ludovic Morlot on Onyx Classics [ONYX 4189], has won in two categories for Grammy awards: Best Contemporary Classical Composition, and Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
“With a highly charged first movement, Kernis sets his stall with intense drama before a fabulously film noir-ish second movement. Smokey, muted trumpets, a song-like lamentation on the violin and a frisson of kit-percussion makes this a standout turn from both composer and soloist,” lauds BBC Music Magazine.
