Hints and tips:
...He commissioned Kevin Puts, Edgar Meyer, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon and Jessie Montgomery to write, respectively, “Earth”, “Water”, “Fire”, “Air” and “Space”....
...Higdon is fortunate in her players. The quartet executed Higdon’s ingenuity with such unassuming virtuosity that it was easy to overlook the considerable technical demands....
...You wonder whether the scenes’ shortness was a cramp on Higdon’s ability to build long-term tension. Perhaps time will tell — this is her first opera....
...Higdon proved her adroitness at upbeat theatrical gestures....
...Opening night features recently composed works by Jennifer Higdon and Michael Hersch, performed by eighth blackbird, a Grammy-winning sextet....
...In Jennifer Higdon’s Dark Wood, Rufus Olivier, a master bassoonist, dominated his three colleagues in an essay designed to exploit his instrument....
...Visibly uncomfortable, Higdon tells Zavadil he is not supposed to touch the art – oils from the skin can cause damage. Zavadil quickly withdraws his hand....
...The BBCSSO’s audiences can expect to hear more of Adams under Runnicles’ baton; Aaron Jay Kernis and Jennifer Higdon are the other American composers he wants to champion....
...More arresting was Jennifer Higdon’s aggressive Spirit, which in its brass and percussion scoring emphasised the mettle of the early settlers....
...The Saint Helens String Quartet offered two substantial pieces that have deservedly won some currency, Southern Harmony, Jennifer Higdon’s depiction of images from the American South, and, with clarinetist...
..., a Greenwich resident who runs Higdon Partners, an executive search group....
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