Fiddler on the Hoof

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Over the years, Gil Shaham’s recordings for Deutsche Grammophon have garnered both praise and sales. But the busy violinist recently took the path of many major artists by departing from a major label and producing his own CDs. We get a taste of the debut release—which features chamber music by his “unsung hero,” French composer Gabriel Fauré—as Shaham joins us with a live performance in the WNYC studio. Also, composer John Luther Adams visits from Alaska in advance of his new, WNYC-commissioned work “The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies” which premieres at the World Financial Center this week. The concert-length work for solo percussion and computer-processed sounds is described in the Los Angeles Times as “a massive new canvas... a 69-minute, eight-movement series of sonic environments.”
Additional Resources:
  • More about Gil Shaham http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/feature.jsp?featureId=1024
  • More about John Luther Adams http://www.johnlutheradams.com/

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