John Harbison: Concertos for String Instruments

Four world-class soloists join BMOP on Boston mainstay John Harbison's FOURTH disc on BMOP/sound. Violist and MIT professor Marcus Thompson performs the earliest work on the disc, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1988). Homegrown duo Emily and Julia Bruskin team up for an adversarial Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, and Orchestra (2009). The disc closes with Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra (2005), featuring BSO principal bassist Edwin Barker.