The Orchestra Now Presents
Violinist as Composer
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Leon Botstein conductor
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky violin
Grażyna Bacewicz
Partita for Orchestra
Joseph Joachim
Variations for Violin and Orchestra
Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Concerto in D minor (U.S. Premiere)
George Enescu
Symphony No. 2
Leon Botstein spotlights four European virtuoso violinists who were also major composers in their respective countries, yet are not household names elsewhere today.
Prolific Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, who was also a violinist, pianist, and accomplished author, is represented with her contemplative Partita for Orchestra. Internationally-acclaimed Russian violinist Nikita Boriso-Glebsky joins TŌN for Hungarian composer Joseph Joachim’s Variations for Violin and Orchestra. Then the orchestra gives the U.S. premiere of a recently discovered concerto by famed Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe. The program concludes with the energetic and passionate Second Symphony of Romanian composer George Enescu, written at a time when he was also one of the most in-demand concert violinists in the world.
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/violinist-as-composer/.
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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