Violinist Daniel Rowland
On Thursday, September 15 at 8 p.m., the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents The Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi’s popular The Four Seasons interwoven with Astor Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, arranged by Leonid Desyatnikov. The concert at Richardson Auditorium features Daniel Rowland as violinist and conductor, leading the PSO through Vivaldi’s vividly depicted scenery and Piazzolla’s soulful homage infused with passionate melodies and tango rhythms.
Daniel Rowland has established himself on the international scene as a highly versatile, charismatic, and adventurous performer. A passionate chamber musician, Daniel is the first violin of the Brodsky Quartet, and has performed with artists as diverse as Ivry Gitlis, Heinz Holliger, Gilles Apap, Marcelo Nisinman, Martin Fröst, Elvis Costello, and Lars Vogt. He is professor of violin at the Royal College of Music in London. Daniel plays on a Lorenzo Storioni violin, made in Cremona, Italy in 1776.
Of this exciting expansion to the PSO’s regular season, Music Director Rossen Milanov writes, “I’m thrilled we can bring Daniel’s passionate interpretations of the Vivaldi and Piazzolla Four Seasons to Princeton. It’s going to be a wonderful concert and a great prologue to our season of creative expression.”
Vivaldi’s musical imagery was likely inspired by his travels through the Italian countryside. Sonnets meant to describe each season and its scenes are included in the Four Seasons score. Russian composer Leonid Desyatnikov arranged Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for violin soloist and strings for Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer, allowing the two works be performed as a set. Desyatnikov includes several quotations from Vivaldi, but due to seasons being inverted between northern and southern hemispheres, aspects of movements are likewise inverted i.e. Verano Porte o (Summer) includes elements of Vivaldi’s “Winter.”
In addition to performing The Seasons, Mr. Rowland will be playing alongside PSO principal musicians at the PSO’s opening chamber concert of The Schubert Octet at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on Thursday, September 22. The concert is offered in partnership with IAS and is free to the public with ticketed reservations available via princetonsymphony.org.
Additional guest artists on the PSO’s 2016-17
season are violinist Leila Josefowicz, pianist Natasha Paremski, clarinetist David Krakauer, and violinist Philippe Graffin. The orchestra will perform works by six living composers, including the world premiere of a PSO-commissioned work by Princeton-based composer Julian Grant, and the U.S. premiere of Zhou Tian’s Broken Ink.
Tickets for The Seasons and other PSO Classical Series concerts are on sale for: $82, $65, $52, $33, and $25 (student) and include admission to 7 p.m. pre-concert talks. Five and six-concert subscriptions are also available. Purchase at www.princetonsymphony.org or call (609) 497-0020.
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