The Hilary is Hahn, with her monthly installment of a video chat with a composer; the Harold is Meltzer, one of those composers with lots of great awards and commissions (finalist for the Pulitzer this year, no less), whose work always grabs my ear with interesting things unfolding, but whose recorded output is pitifully small! The awards and concerts are wonderful; but the few thousand who’ve had the chance to experience his inventive music could easily be multiplied by some factor of ten, with just a few more good recordings released. Here’s hoping… In the meantime, you can watch all four parts of Hilary’s interview, where Meltzer talks about his own creative process:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ohVzdXvPyQ[/youtube]
I just had word from Harold, that Naxos should be releasing a CD of chamber works next year. Very good news!
I love Harold’s music: I hope more folks get to hear some.