
Violinist as Composer
- May 4, 2024 at 7 PM & May 5, 2024 at 2 PM
- Fisher Center at Bard, Sosnoff Theater
Program & Artists
Grażyna Bacewicz Partita for Orchestra
Joseph Joachim Variations for Violin and Orchestra (First NY performances since 1894)
Eugène Ysaÿe Violin Concerto in D minor U.S. PREMIERE
George Enescu Symphony No. 2
Leon Botstein conductor
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky violin
Tickets
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Part of TŌN’s Fisher Center concert series
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 Boriso-Glebsky and the orchestra give 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.
These concerts will also be livestreamed on TŌNtube.
Concert Details
Estimated duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Brief remarks by a TŌN musician
Grażyna Bacewicz Partita for Orchestra
14 min
Joseph Joachim Variations for Violin and Orchestra
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky violin
13 min
Listen
Eugène Ysaÿe Violin Concerto in D minor
U.S. Premiere
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky violin
17 min
Intermission
20 min
Brief remarks by a TŌN musician
George Enescu Symphony No. 2
54 min
Listen
All timings are approximate. Program and artists subject to change.
Sample the Music
Grażyna Bacewicz Partita for Orchestra
Joseph Joachim Variations for Violin and Orchestra
Eugène Ysaÿe Violin Concerto in D minor
George Enescu Symphony No. 2
Photo: Grażyna Bacewicz – Photo courtesy Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
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