Violinist Alexi Kenney, a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, enjoys melding the new with the old, the familiar with the undiscovered, and in this concert highlights the spiritual and mystical dimensions of Bach’s music. The Chaconne from the Partita in D minor is situated at the center of Kenney’s recital, illuminating recent works for solo violin (with and without electronics) by a host of contemporary composers. The title Shifting Ground references the heart of all Baroque music—the omnipresent ground bass—upon which variations are built.
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Program Items
J.S. Bach
Adagio from Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001
Reena Esmail
Darshan
Paul Wiancko
Nocturne from X Suite (California [live performance] premiere)
Du Yun
under a tree, an udatta for violin and tape
Nicola Matteis
Alla Fantasia
Bach
Preludio from Partita in E major, BWV 1006
Salina Fisher
New Commission for solo violin (California premiere)
Bach
Grave from Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003
Matthew Burtner
Elegy from Muir Glacier for violin and tape
Bach
Largo from Sonata in C major, BWV 1005
Angélica Negrón
New Commission for violin and electronics (California premiere)
Giuseppe Colombi
Ciaconna (arr. Kenney)
Samuel Adams
“Playing Changes” from Violin Diptych
Bach
Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
Performers
Alexi Kenney
Violinist