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Three violin recitals were given in lieu of a written dissertation. The selections in these recitals explore the violin’s versatility. The first recital Wonder Women: Works by Female Composers was comprised of works by Louise Farrenc, Lili Boulanger, Augusta Read Thomas, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Farrenc and Boulanger exemplified the most traditional treatment of the violin, Seeger pushed the technical limits of the violin with her quartet, Augusta Read Thomas used the violin as a mouthpiece for Incantation, and Chihchun Chi-sun Lee used the violin to emulate a Chinese erhu. The Italian Baroque: Music from Virtuosi was performed on period instruments (baroque violin), with additional performers playing baroque cello and harpsichord. This recital highlighted the technical advances made by virtuoso violinists in eighteenth century Italy and explored the differences between modern and historic performance practice. This program also included Sonata no. 1 op. 1 for Violin and Basso continuo by underrepresented composer Domenico Ferrari, a popular performer and composer during his lifetime and a student of Giuseppe Tartini. The final recital, Folk Revival: Compositions Inspired by American and Irish Traditional Music, contains pieces inspired by fiddle and jazz traditions. The traditional music is present in varying degrees in each of these pieces—Rebecca Clarke simply arranges Irish folk songs for voice and violin; Evan Chambers writes a modern take on an Irish reel; Kenji Bunch writes new melodic material inspired by different American music traditions, and Maurice Ravel uses American jazz as the basis for the “Blues” movement of his sonata (while keeping the remaining two movements in his typical idiom). Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 pm., Stamps Auditorium, The University of Michigan. Naki Kripfgans, piano. Chihchun Chi-sun Lee Provintia “Sunset of Chihkan Tower”; Lili Boulanger Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, I. Nocturne, II. Cortège; Augusta Read Thomas Incantation; Ruth Crawford Seeger String Quartet, I. Rubato assai, II. Leggiero: tempo giusto, III. Andante, IV. Allegro possibile (Rita Wang, violin; Joachim Angster, viola; Richard Narroway, cello); Deuxieme Sonate pour Piano et Violon, I. Allegro grazioso, II. Scherzo. Allegro, III. Adagio, IV. Finale. Allegro. Sunday, February 11, 7:00 pm., Britton Recital Hall, The University of Michigan. David Belkovski, harpsichord. Arcangelo Corelli Violin Sonata in D Minor “La Folia” (Leo Singer, cello); Pietro Locatelli Caprice no. 1 from L’arte del Violino; Domenico Ferrari Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Basso continuo, I. Allegro, II. Largo, III. Allegro; Pietro Nardini Duet no. 2 in E-flat Major, I. Andante, II. Allegro (Rita Wang, violin); Giuseppe Tartini Sonata in G Minor “Devil’s Trill”; I. Andante, II. Allegro, III. Andante-Allegro. Sunday, April 15, 5:00 pm., Stamps Auditorium, The University of Michigan. Kayoko Miyazawa, piano. Rebecca Clarke Three Irish Country Songs, I. I know my love, II. I know where I’m goin’, III. As I was goin’ to Ballynure (Emily Cotten, soprano); Maurice Ravel Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano “Blues”, I. Allegretto, II. Blues- Moderato, III. Perpetuum Mobile- Allegro; Evan Chambers The Fire Hose Reel; Kenji Bunch String Circle, I. Lowdown, II. Shuffle Step, III. Ballad, IV. Porch Picking, V. Overdrive (Chihiro Kakishima, violin; Veronika Vassileva, viola; Zola Hightower, viola; Kelsee Vandervall, cello). |
