Composed in New York: For Violin
New York has long served as a haven for composers and a crossroads for musical traditions. This program explores works written in New York City over nearly a century, tracing influences that include Hungarian folk music, twelve-tone composition, Asian musical traditions, jazz, and Latin American rhythms. Together, these works demonstrate the remarkable evolution and versatility of the violin in twentieth and twenty-first century music.
Program:
- Sonata for Solo Violin – Béla Bartók
- Nocturne – John Cage
- Three Pieces – Dorothy Rudd Moore
- Short Story – George Gershwin
- Premonitions, and Then… – Andrew Thomas
Featuring:
Claudia Schaer, violin
Marc Peloquin, piano
