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Aaron Jay Kernis sits down with the Boston Musical Intelligencer and conductor Hugh Wolff in advance of the premiere of his Fourth Symphony “Chromelodeon,” co-commissioned (with the Nashville Symphony and Bellingham Festival orchestra). The work was commissioned as part of the celebration of the conservatory’s 150th birthday.
Hugh Wolff and the New England Conservatory Philharmonia celebrate 150 years with the premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’s 4th Symphony (“Chromelodeon”) at Symphony Hall in Boston on April 18th.
Aaron Jay Kernis’s Dreamsongs disc was recently released on Signum Records with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Rebecca Miller. Gramophone magazine commented “both concertos are highly virtuoso…the efficacy of the Viola Concerto is certainly aided by an excellent performance by longtime Kernis exponent Paul Neubauer. Joshua Roman’s outstanding performance of the cello concerto is the disc’s highlight…Roman’s extraordinary performance combines the expressive control of Casals with the creative individuality and virtuoso flair of Hendrix himself.
Boriskin wisely understates [Rhapsody in Blue’s] familiar declarative themes, and yet his solo passages, particularly the galloping accelerando that erupts shortly after the ten-minute mark on the CD, are executed with a mix of showbiz panache and jazzbo brazenness.
Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke performs Pierre Jalbert’s eloquent From Dusk to Starry Night with Montreal’s Orchestre Metropolitain March 28 – 30th. The work was written for her and premiered in 2015.
