Voyage of the Red Violin
Voyage of the Red Violin
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 | 7:30pm
SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS {DOWNTOWN}
108 W Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
The legendary “Mendelssohn” Stradivarius that inspired the film The Red Violin is coming to Cincinnati. The fictionalized voyage of this violin through the centuries creates a musical blueprint for this concert that will take us to contrasting musical worlds. Our concert begins in China, one of the stops for the violin, with music by composers who grew up during the Cultural Revolution when classical music was forbidden. Elizabeth Pitcairn, who performs on the Red Violin, will be featured on Chen Yi’s Chinese Folk Dance Suite which calls on the orchestra to vocalize percussive elements as accompaniment. Elizabeth will then play John Corigliano’s suite of the powerful and atmospheric Academy Award-winning soundtrack for the film. In the second half we will feature the winner of the inaugural CCO and SCPA 2018 Concerto Competition, violinist Mable Lecrone. Cincinnati Art Museum’s associate director of interpretive programming Russell Ihrig will share artwork – both on display and from their archives – that traces the violin’s fascinating journey.
Eckart Preu, conductor
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
Mable Lecrone, violin
winner of the 2018 CCO and SCPA Concerto Competition
Russell Ihrig, commentator
Associate Director of Interpretive Programming, Cincinnati Art Museum
TAN DUN: FROM Death and Fire (Dialogue with Paul Klee) (CCO Premiere) | More Info | YouTube
II. Self Portrait
CHEN YI: FROM Chinese Folk Dance Suite| More Info | YouTube
II. Yangko
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
JOHN CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin: Suite (CCO Premiere) | More Info | YouTube
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041 | More Info | YouTube
Mable Lecrone, violin
winner of the 2018 CCO and SCPA Concerto Competition
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (“Haffner”) | More Info | YouTube
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Andante
III. Menuetto
IV. Presto
Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes
Photo credit: Michael Wilson
Eckart Preu, conductor
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
Russell Ihrig, commentary
Mable Lecrone, violin
SNEAK PEEK
Check out this video of Tan Dun’s piece Death and Fire.
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School for Creative & Performing Arts (SCPA)
108 W Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202
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