A few weeks ago a composer contacted us, wanting to know if we would be interested in reviewing his setting of the popular children’s book The Runaway Bunny to music à la “Peter and the Wolf.” It turns out that his concerto for violin, reader, and orchestra is delightful and technically quite interesting. The composer is Glen Roven, who recently conducted the piece’s debut at Carnegie Hall with Brooke Shields narrating and the Israeli violinist Ittai Shapira as the soloist. The piece is also available on CD , should you know a child who might enjoy a good introduction to good classical music. For more information, visit Roven’s website here .
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