REVIEW: New violin concerto from a composer who knows how to please the ear

Composer Jennifer Higdon is on a roll. Her new Piano Concerto was premiered last month by Yuja Wang and the National Symphony Orchestra. Her Percussion Concerto is up for a Grammy Award. She's writing a concerto for the new music ensemble Eighth Blackbird to be premiered in June with the Atlanta Symphony, and she's working on a San Francisco Opera commission with a duet date of 2013.

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