CLARISSA
BEVILACQUA

IN ARTIST RESIDENCY
JANUARY 17-19

PRIVATE LESSONS · MASTERCLASS · RECITAL
Information below.

IN

RECITAL

January 19, 5PM

Venue
NEW MUSIC SCHOOL

THE PLAYLIST

  1. A. Beach: Romance

  2. A. R. Thomas: Sun Plaits - Bridges and Links USA PREMIERE

  3. J. Brahms: Violin Sonata n. 1 in G Major, Op. 78

    • I. Vivace ma non troppo

    • II. Adagio

    • III. Allegro molto moderato

  4. F. Waxman: Carmen Fantasy

Violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known to enchant audiences with her dazzling technical skills and deeply inspiring musicality. Her debut album Dream Catcher gained international recognition after being recommended by Gramophone Magazine and The Strad, which hailed her playing as “luminously elevated” and “elegant and nimble.” She debuted at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago in front of ten thousand people when she was nine years old, and has since performed solo recitals and concerto engagements at venues throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

About Clarissa Bevilacqua 

CLARISSA’S RECITAL WILL

Feature a USA Premiere of
Augusta Read Thomas’s “Sun Plaits - Bridges and Links.”

The composer describes the work as follows:

“While upholding the independence of the approximately 200 countries on planet Earth, I yearn to collaborate and celebrate the furthering of bridges and links that help to facilitate interdependence. Citizenship is both local and global. Every person has a unique identity. Our shared humanity is precious.

Words that leap to mind when I think of the sun include universal, energy, qi, ripples, vitality, life, spirituality, hope, renewal, radiance, and braids of light. “Plaits”, “bridges”, and “links” all function both as nouns and verbs. The dimensional meanings and images of the combination of the four words propelled the spiraling invention and creation of Sun Plaits — Bridges and Links.”

“Across a 6-minute duration, this composition unfolds a labyrinth of musical interrelationships and connections that showcase the soloist in a joyous, virtuosic display of rhythmic agility, double-stops (playing 2 notes at once), counterpoint, energy, dynamic range, timbre, clarity, and majesty. Throughout the kaleidoscopic journey, the work passes through several lively and lyrical episodes, never losing its sense of radiance, effervescence, and expressiveness. The abundance of double-stops symbolizes “links” while the sparkling, fast-moving lines, which reach in all directions, fly out across the piece like “bridges.” Musical materials are braided in dimensional ways like ‘sun plaits’.” - Augusta Read Thomas

IN

MASTERCLASS

January 19, 2-4 PM

Venue
NEW MUSIC SCHOOL
Open to Public

MASTERCLASS with
Arinav Kutty
Barber Violin Concerto Op. 14: II. Andante

Olivia Fazio
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in Gm, Op. 26: I. Allegro Moderato

Sylvia Pine
Program TBD

Emily
Program TBD