SERIES PREMIERE
TUESDAY AUG 21 7 PM EST
Ivry Gitlis: Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6 (1817)
Conductor: Stanislaw Wislocki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
I. Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto (cadenza: Emile Sauret) [0:00]
II. Adagio [16:52]
III. Rondo: Allegro spirituoso - Un poco più presto [21:41]
The first concerto for violin and orchestra by Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840).
Ivry Gitlis: Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La campanella" (1826)
Conductor: Stanislaw Wislocki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
I. Allegro maestoso (cadenza: Ivry Gitlis) [0:00]
II. Adagio [13:06]
III. Rondo à la clochette ("La campanella") [19:01]
The second concerto for violin and orchestra by Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840).
Ivry Gitlis: Alban Berg Violin Concerto (1935) "To the memory of an angel"
William Strickland, conductor
0:10 / I. Andante - Allegretto [11'00'']
11:15 / II. Allegro - Adagio [12'51'']
Ivry GITLIS, violin - Pro Musica Symphony Vienna (a.k.a Vienna Symphony Orchestra) -
rec. 1953 Vienna
Ivry Gitlis: Tchaikovsky Mélodie
Mélodie in E flat major, Op. 42/3 "Chant sans paroles" (No. 3 from Souvenir d'un lieu cher)
A brief piece for violin and piano by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by violinist Ivry Gitlis and pianist Shigeo Neriki.
Ivry Gitlis: Wieniawski Capriccio-Valse, Op. 7 (1852)
A showpiece for violin and piano by Polish composer Henryk Wieniawski, performed here by violinist Ivry Gitlis and pianist Shigeo Neriki.
Ivry Gitlis: Edward Elgar "La Capricieuse", op. 17, Piano: Tasso Janopoulo
Ivry Gitlis: Tartini Devil's Trill Sonata in G minor (Il Trillo del Diavolo) arr. F.Kreisler
0:10 / I. Largo affettuoso [4'14'']
4:24 / II. Tempo giusto della scuola tartinista [3'05'']
7:29 / III. Andante - Allegro assai (12:28 / cadenza Kreisler) [7'54'']
Ivry GITLIS, violin - Shuku Iwasaki, piano (rec: Tokyo 14-15.VI.1989)
Ivry Gitlis: Charles Harold Bernstein Romantic Suite for violin (1996)
0:13 / I. A huit heure [5'27'']
5:41 / II. La commande [4'32'']
10:13 / III. Presto ma non troppo [3'30'']
13:43 / IV. Poème trascendental [5'11'']
Born in Los Angeles, Charles Harold Bernstein was a child prodigy pianist who performed as soloist with orchestras by the age of nine. At the age of nineteen a health problem put a halt to a promising career. The need to turn his life in other directions led to a career in business. However, in spite of the demands on his time in the world of commerce, the need to express himself in music remained a driving force in his life. Bernstein began composing in 1970, plunging into an intense study of harmony and theory and working closely with such artists as violinist Yoshiko Nakura (founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet), violist Milton Thomas, and violinist Adam Korniszewski. He has produced an impressive range of music - from extended solos to quintets and six works for orchestra. Some of his music is recorded by such well-known musicians as violinist Ivry Gitlis. In the year 2000, he wrote a Concerto for Cello and Orchestra and completed Introduction and Variations for violin solo from which a violin concerto was born. He completed Grigorii Rasputin, an opera in two acts in July 2005 and has just finished a concerto for clarinet and orchestra.
