The Light That We Can Hear

Jennifer Higdon

2021

Flute, oboe, clarinet (2), bassoon (2), horn (4), trumpet, percussion, strings

Percussion includes vibraphone, bundle sticks, and suspended cymbal

Commissioned by The National Flute Association for the 50th Annual Convention August 2022
Premiered by Valerie Coleman, flute & The Chicago Philharmonic [Leonard Slatkin conducting]
Dedicated to the first group of people who taught me so much about music composition... to Judy Bentley & her flute studio