On Feb. 15-17, the Madison Symphony Orchestra included one of his large orchestral works in its program. And on the evening of Feb. 17, the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music gave a concert of chamber music in his honor. The opener on Feb. 17 was a work of Haydn, a composer Harbison greatly admires. It was the Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76, No. 4, known as the “Sunrise.” The rest of the program was pure Harbison. Read More
Photo: John Harbison at his "composition shack" Credit: Frank Kelley
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