![]() They will share the program with Mahler’s Symphony No. The movements by Higdon and Puts (“Air” and “Earth”) will follow on the “Festival Finale Concert” Sunday (Aug. ![]() The movements by Heggie, Montgomery and Meyer (“Fire,” “Ether,” “Water”) will be presented on Thursday, July 3, when they will share the program with Debussy’s La Mer-perhaps inevitable after the movement titled “Water”? The three movements will be split over the final two concerts, both conducted by Oundjian and featuring Bell as soloist. ![]() To unify the piece, each movement (or are they separate pieces?) was based on an individual element: fire, ether, water, air and earth. Bell contacted five composers that he knew-Jake Heggie, Jessie Montgomery, Edgar Meyer, Jennifer Higdon and Kevin Puts-and asked each to write a mini-concerto movement for him. That piece is The Elements: Suite for Violin and Orchestra. We’ll workshop these pieces over the week.” “In one of my conversations with Josh, I said, ‘Do you want a preview series of performances where you can work the repertoire over an entire week?’ And we both felt it was really great way to introduce a new piece, for everyone including the composers, who I think are all going to be there. Because the finished piece is scheduled for a series of official premieres starting in the fall, Oundjian thought Bell and the composers might like to hear their pieces in a workshop setting, where they could make adjustments. “Talk about a focused idea, I think it’s brilliant,” Oundjian says.
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