Tom Huizenga

Washington, D.C.

Music Producer and Editor at NPR

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Under the spell of Hildegard: A new album reboots ancient music

4 days ago | wshu.org | Tom Huizenga

Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works, and last year released a recording of songs by the contemporary American composer John Zorn that even she claimed (at first) were unsingable. So it is something of a surprise that Hannigan's new album is inspired by very old music.
Under the spell of Hildegard: A new album reboots ancient music

6 days ago | npr.org | Tom Huizenga

Soprano Barbara Hannigan takes the spotlight on Electric Fields, a new collaborative album inspired by the 12th-century abbess and composer Hildegard von Bingen. Marco Borggreve hide caption toggle caption Marco Borggreve Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

1 week ago | wosu.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.
Sharon Isbin & Amjad Ali Khan's Strings for Peace: Tiny Desk Concert

1 week ago | ksut.org | Tom Huizenga

This genre-crossing Tiny Desk follows an illustrious line of Hindustani and Western music collisions. In the mid-1960s, many Americans had their first taste of music from India when Beatle George Harrison played the sitar on "Norwegian Wood." At the same time, in the classical world, violinist Yehudi Menuhin joined sitar star Ravi Shankar to release West Meets East, a Billboard chart-topping album that won a Grammy.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

2 weeks ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.
Pope Francis, the music nerd: a playlist

2 weeks ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Tom Huizenga

We tend to think of popes as people who are somehow elevated from the rest of us — a few steps up the ladder leading to God, perhaps. But Pope Francis, whose birth name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was often thinking of the common citizen, as heard in his comments about migrants, refugees and people on the margins of society.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

2 weeks ago | ijpr.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.
Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

2 weeks ago | ksut.org | Tom Huizenga

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum. That music rightfully has its cheerleaders, but composer Jennifer Higdon isn't among them. She is a vigorous defender of melody, and when her music is described as "accessible," she doesn't wince, she rejoices.

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