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
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Concerto for Orchestra, in 5 movements: II, composed by Jennifer Higdon
Artist: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAlbum: Higdon: City Scape / Concerto for OrchestraLabel: Telarc -
Flying Forward, composed by Jennifer Higdon
Artist: Hilary Hahn (soloist) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum: Hilary Hahn Plays Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin ConcertosLabel: Deutsche Grammophon -
Blue Cathedral, composed by Jennifer Higdon
Artist: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAlbum: Rainbow Body / Blue Cathedral / Symphony 1 / Appalachian Spring SuiteLabel: Telarc