Performed by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto
Afternoon in Piedmont Park in Atlanta Photo: Flickr user Mike www.flickr.com/people/40491562@N00 CC2.0
Jennifer Higdon is the professor of composition at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, as well as being a double Grammy Award winner.
Jennifer Higdon Photo: J D Scott, ex artist website jenniferhigdon.com
In 2002 she wrote a three-movement work called City Scape, a musical tribute to the city of Atlanta where she spent ten years of her childhood.
“river sings a song to trees” is the second movement and as we might expect from such a title, the music paints a pastoral picture of the city’s parks, trees, creeks and rivers.
Recorded by RNZ Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 5 March 2020
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay
Other performances from this concert:
MOZART: Concerto In C For Flute And Harp, K299
