Portrait of the Composer as a Young Woman
As noted earlier, I’m performing in the BARS Concert June 6. I’ve written the program notes for the concert, and here they are! The three pieces on our program today are linked, as our title suggests, by all being composed when their creators were young...
WPA President as Orchestral Cellist
“I’d like to play in that,” was my immediate reaction on hearing about the program planned for June 6, 2015, by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony in San Francisco. I’d been communicating with BARS about how to obtain the score and parts for Ethel Smyth’s...
Saariaho Premiere at Library of Congress
Kaija Saariaho has another new work being premiered this week. The Library of Congress has co-commissioned Light and Matter, a new work for piano trio, which will be premiered Friday, May 22. The same concert will also hear Saariaho’s Aure for violin and...
World Premiere of Saariaho
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be giving the World Premiere of a new commission by Kaija Saariaho. True Fire is written for orchestra and solo baritone and will be performed at concerts May 14-17. The composer says this about the work: This piece has been growing...