Sunday, January 3, 2010

Jim Cotter Interviews Composer George Walker and Violinist Gregory Walker




[TOP: George Walker (Courtesy of the artist); BOTTOM: Gregory Walker; (Courtesy of the artist)]

The world premiere of the Violin Concerto of George Walker was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on Dec. 10, 2009. On the following day, AfriClassical posted: "NPR: Hear the last three minutes of the world premiere of George Walker's Violin Concerto.”

The composer has alerted us to an interview with himself and his son, violinist Gregory Walker, which is available online:
"You can find an interview that I had with Jim Cotter about the premiere of my Violin Concerto."

PublicBroadcasting.net/wrti/
"Creatively Speaking"
12 December 2009
"Walker Plays Walker With The Philadelphia Orchestra"
"Jim Cotter speaks with the celebrated American composer George Walker. The Philadelphia Orchestra premieres his violin concerto this week with Gregory Walker, the composer's son, as soloist." "The composer's almost 100 works have been performed by many major orchestras in the United States and throughout the world." [George Walker is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

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