The El Paso Symphony Orchestra will be ringing in the new year on Jan. 19 and Jan. 20 with "Fantastic Classics," performed by dazzling husband-and-wife duo Kurt
epa10880219 Musicians play alphorns during the 'Oktoberfest Landlords Concert' at the foot of the Bavaria statue in Munich, Germany, 24 September 2023. (ANSA)
i mean, that�*s the plight of any violin. one violin against a bunch of trumpets and trombones. like, if you put those two instruments in herejust now and you got us both to play, the violin would be obliterated. but i think the key for him was to get some sort of advice and guidance on the things to do with the instrument that he was least experienced in. but wynton�*s loved the violin forever, and he knows a lot about the violin. loves fiddle music, loves the, um...kind of celtic traditions of playing. i mean, knows, to a pretty high degree, music from all over the world and, certainly, the violin�*s place in the world, so... there are passages in that concerto which draw on scottish folk music, in fact, aren�*t there? yes, there are.
he wrote a concerto for you, as well. how did that process differ to working with marsalis? mark is absolutely one of a kind. i have loved him, his musicianship, his playing, since he won young musician of the year. the 2006 bbc young musician of the year, mark simpson. cheering and applause. i met him that year. i handed over the prize to him. had you won it the year before? yes. so, i�*ve known him for a long time. and he has the capacity to delve very deep inside the human condition and suffering and is willing to sit there in order to write music and express music, and that�*s what he does. he sacrifices a lot. and this concerto born
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and you got us both to play, the violin would be obliterated. but i think the key for him was to get some sort of advice and guidance on the things to do with the instrument that he was least experienced in. but wynton's loved the violin forever, and he knows a lot about the violin. loves fiddle music, loves the, um...kind of celtic traditions of playing. i mean, knows, to a pretty high degree, music from all over the world and, certainly, the violin's place in the world, so... there are passages in that concerto which draw on scottish folk music, in fact, aren't there? yes, there are.
i have loved him, his musicianship, his playing, since he won young musician of the year. the 2006 bbc young musician of the year, mark simpson. cheering and applause. i met him that year. i handed over the prize to him. had you won it the year before? yes. so, i've known him for a long time. and he has the capacity to delve very deep inside the human condition and suffering and is willing to sit there in order to write music and express music, and that's what he does. he sacrifices a lot. and this concerto born out of lockdown. .. ..he says that he actually had
cheering and applause. what impact can music education have on those young lives, do you think? well, it deals with the invisible parts of us that a lot of education does not really deal with. so, thoughts, feelings, how you actually communicate. and it�*s the things that are hard to quantify. but when you think of problem—solving, dealing with difficult emotion circumstances, they are, in a way, the most important skills to learn. more recently, you�*ve been working with young british composer mark simpson. he wrote a concerto for you, as well. how did that process differ to working with marsalis? mark is absolutely one of a kind. i have loved him, his musicianship, his playing, since he won young musician of the year. the 2006 bbc young musician of the year, mark simpson. cheering and applause.
i met him that year. i handed over the prize to him. had you won it the year before? yes. so, i�*ve known him for a long time. and he has the capacity to delve very deep inside the human condition and suffering and is willing to sit there in order to write music and express music, and that�*s what he does. he sacrifices a lot. and this concerto born out of lockdown. .. ..he says that he actually had an idea, started trying to go in that direction and had to completely put it to bed. and it was several months ofjust torturous being unable to get out what he