low brass, and prominent percussion to create a driving, pulsing rhythm that played against animated images of the Caped Crusader and Robin, the Boy Wonder, dispatching a bevy of villainous thugs ...

Jennifer Higdon can pinpoint exactly when the idea of writing a concerto for the renowned low brass section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra most likely lodged in her subconscious. Growing up in ...

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The medalled high command of the United States may not be a stone-throwing, flag-stomping rabble, but they too were provoked into action by a "beyond tasteless" cartoon. This one didn't depict a ...