Higdon Jennifer - Higdon: The Singing Rooms [CD]

The main feature of this CD is the world premiere recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon's new violin concerto with chorus entitled "The Singing Rooms". Also receiving its debut on disc is Alvin Singleton's "PraiseMaker" for chorus and orchestra, and the album concludes with Scriabin's exotic and powerful "Poem of Ecstasy". The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Robert Spano. American composer Jennifer Higdon was born in 1962, and since the 2002 premiere of her Concerto for Orchestra has been much in demand. The piece was recorded on Telarc, by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. "The Singing Rooms", a violin concerto with an equally important part for chorus, was sparked by a request from violinist Jennifer Koh, for whom Higdon had previously composed a sonata with piano called String Poetic in 2006. The piece is part of a commissioning consortium with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. For the poems Higdon turned to a colleague, Jeanne Minahan, who teaches creative writing and literature at the Curtis Institute. American composer Alvin Singleton has resided in Atlanta since 1985, when at Robert Shaw's request he became Composer-in-Residence of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for three years [1985-88]. "PraiseMaker" was commissioned by the Cincinnati May Festival in celebration of its 125th anniversary. James Conlon conducted the first performance on May 22, 1998, with the Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Writing for this important choral festival, the composer requested an original text from Susan Kouguell, with whom he previously collaborated on The World Is Here with Me for Spelman College. Alexander Scriabin's symphonic work "The Poem of Ecstasy" began about 1903 as a long prose poem that Scriabin felt would interpret his philosophy to a world hungry for enlightenment. The work is in one long movement, reflecting a succession of emotions from yearning, to striving, and finally fulfilment. Personnel: Jennifer Koh (violin), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Spano (conductor)

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: I. Three Windows Two Versions of the Day

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: II. Things Aren't Always

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: III. The Interpretation of Dreams

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: IV. Confession

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: V. History Lesson

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: VI. A Word With God

Higdon: The Singing Rooms: VII. Three Windows: Two Versions of the Day

Singleton: PraiseMaker

Scriabin: Le Poeme de L'Extase

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 888072326309
• Release Date: April 28, 2026

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