VC LIVE | Opening Night of Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition
Tune in on October 20 at 7:30 PM (ET) for the beginning celebrations of this year's exhibition
Tune in on October 20 at 7:30 PM (ET) for the beginning celebrations of this year's exhibition
Hosted annually since 2011 by Julie Reed Yeboah from Reed Yeboah Fine Violins and Yi-Ping Yang, the Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition brings together today's finest instrument makers to display their violins, violas, and cellos for musicians to play and hear.
This opening night concert will explore the instruments of the 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition. The performers include violinists Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot, violist Colin Brookes, and cellist Zlatomir Fung.
The exhibition will take place at The Kosciuszko Foundation from 10:30 AM through 6 PM EST from October 21-23.
The Violin Channel will report live from the event, to give audiences an inside look at the exciting new instruments.
PROGRAM:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Arr. Orfeo Mandozzi
Syrinx, L. 129
Mr. Fung is playing on the following instruments:
All: A cello bow by Thomas Dignan
1st: A cello by Andrew Carruthers
2nd: A cello by Gary Vessel
3rd: A cello by Christopher Thorp
4th: A cello by Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert
Reena Esmail (1983-)
Selections from “Drishti” (2021)
Ms. Porter is playing a violin by Elizabeth LaPorte
Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931)
Sonata No. 5 for Violin in G Major
‘L’Aurore’ (Sunrise)
Mr. Pouliot is playing a violin by Ryan Soltis
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
IV. Sarabande
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
VI. Gigue
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4
Selections from Fantasie
Mr. Brookes is playing on the following instruments:
1st: A viola by Benjamin Ruth
2nd: A viola by Thomas Oliver Croen
3rd:A viola by Julia Jostes & Simon Eberl
Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15
I. Allegro Risoluto
Mr. Pouliot is playing a violin by Paul Belin
Ms. Porter is playing a violin by Ulrike Dederer
III. Vivo e Giocoso
Mr. Pouliot is playing a violin by Ada Quaranta
Ms. Porter is playing a violin by Ecevit Tunali
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