Violin Duos + Piano: Montgomery, Bartok, Prokofiev and more!
Virtual Livestream

Violin Duos + Piano: Montgomery, Bartok, Prokofiev and more!

San Diego

Fri, September 25, 2020 8:00 PM, PDT

Capacity
72 of 100 spots still available
Drinking policy
Bring your own drinks
Toilet with a slash through it
No bathroom at this event

This is a livestreaming Groupmuse Virtual Concert

A live virtual performance with community videochat and a Q&A with the artists.

Host

Lesi M.

Friends (and soon to be friends!) -

I am so excited to return to Groupmuse and grateful to the team for continuing to grow this amazing community virtually!

This is my first online groupmuse, and I'm delighted to be joined by violinist Jayson Resto and pianist/composer Mathew Rakers.

The program features selected works for two violins by two 20th-century giants: Sergei Prokofiev and Bela Bartok. Bartok's series of violin duos are all derived from Eastern European folk music, and explore a vast array of harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary. Next are two movements from Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins- a hauntingly beautiful opening Andante, followed by a fiery Allegro in which the two violins chase and challenge each other relentlessly. Jessie Montgomery's introspective and wandering "Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin" follows, a piece that explores both the expansive resonance and intimate colors of the solo violin. Mathew Rakers joins for Shostakovich's "Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano" and closes out the evening with a solo piano improvisation!

See you soon,
-Jesus

Streaming live @ the San Diego Music and Art Company
Audio Engineering by James Page of Moonquake Records

What's the music?

Mathew Rakers Piano
  • Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
  • Bela Bartok: Selected Duos for Two Violins
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (Mvmts 1&2)

~Break~

  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
  • Mathew Rakers: Solo Piano Improvisation

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Attendees

Lily P. Emcee
Grant B.
Angélica C.
Peter K.
Rani C.
Ronald N.
Anastasya K.
William B.
Meredith J.
Philip F.
+2
Maryl P.
Christie D.
Carmen R.
Samantha H.
Daniel R.
Maria Lourdes U.
Rita R.
Dave R.
Cristian M.
Scott S.
Ryan H.
Rebecca C.
Alex F.
Diem V.
Andy W.
Jesus C.
Eutizi