Virtuoso Voices™ - James Ehnes (Barber’s Fresh Appeal)  0:19
December 2010 CD 


[Use this clip to introduce James Ehnes playing the Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber (CBC 5241).  James Ehnes’ complete discography is available at arkivmusic.com.]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Some consider the Violin Concerto by American composer Samuel Barber to be the quintessential American violin concerto.  Violinist James Ehnes (EH-ness) says there’s another element that comes across even stronger than country of origin.



James Ehnes Clip:

“It’s not the type of piece that seems like it was overly worked and overly crafted.  The work has a freshness as if it just sprung from his imagination (laugh).  I’m sure he undoubtedly worked very, very hard on it but it doesn’t give that feeling of compositional effort.”



SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

You’ll hear some of that ease and imagination from the very beginning – followed by some musical fireworks.  This is the Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber, with violinist James Ehnes (EH-ness), and Bramwell Tovey conducting the Vancouver Symphony.


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