Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her musical compositions, yet she didn't pick up a musical instrument - a pawn-shop flute her mother brought home - until she was fifteen. Higdon tells Kurt that her childhood home was more steeped in the Beatles than in Beethoven.

Music Playlist

  1. Concerto for Orchestra, in 5 movements: II, composed by Jennifer Higdon

    Artist: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
    Album: Higdon: City Scape / Concerto for Orchestra
    Label: Telarc
  2. Flying Forward, composed by Jennifer Higdon

    Artist: Hilary Hahn (soloist) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
    Album: Hilary Hahn Plays Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  3. Blue Cathedral, composed by Jennifer Higdon

    Artist: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
    Album: Rainbow Body / Blue Cathedral / Symphony 1 / Appalachian Spring Suite
    Label: Telarc