For the Record, Op. 68: Rachel Barton Pine's 'Blues Dialogues'; Elicia Silverstein's 'Dreams & Fables I Fashion'
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Rachel Barton Pine. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco.
Blues Dialogues
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano
This album consists of classical works for unaccompanied violin or violin and piano written by mostly 20th- and 21st-century composers of African descent. It is part of Pine's Music by Black Composers initiative, which also includes a book of sheet music called MBC Violin Volume I; a coloring book of black composers; and a timeline poster of 300+ Black classical composers. The album contains works by living composers Dolores White, Errollyn Wallen, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Charles Brown, and Billy Childs. Other composers include Duke Ellington, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and Clarence Cameron White. BELOW: Violinist Rachel Barton Pine discusses the importance and difficulties of performing works by black composers.
The Dreams & Fables I Fashion
Elicia Silverstein, violin
Violinist Elicia Silverstein, who performs on both historical and modern instruments, releases her first solo album, with repertoire spanning 400 years by Biber, Sciarrino, Pandolfi-Mealli, Berio and Bach. The album features some of the music from her London debut, at the 2015 Spitalfields Summer festival. Silverstein also was selected as a BBC Music Magazine rising star in the August issue. BELOW: Excerpts and observations about the album from Elicia Silverstein:
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