Hearing the Pulitzers: A piece-by-piece, episode-by-episode exploration of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Music with hosts Andrew Granade and David Thurmaier.
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Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
In this episode Dave and Andrew discuss a composer known for his eclecticism, who writes music that features the influence of jazz, Stravinskian neoclassicism, Schoenbergian serialism, and a variety of popular idioms. But will that mixture of styles win them over when applied to a Biblical text about the "dark side" of Christmas?
If you'd like more information about Harbison, we recommend:
- Brian Galante's dissertation "John Harbison's The Flight into Egypt: An Analysis for Performance," University of North Texas, 2008.
- Mike Seabrook's "John Harbison and His Music," Tempo 197 (July 1996): 7–11.
- Tom Jacob's profile in the San Francisco Classical Voice.
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It’s amusing how a deserving composer sometimes wins but for the wrong work and the wrong year. A few years before The Flight to Egypt, Harbison’s Symphony #1 should have gotten the nod.
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