Violist Grace Takeda opens her graduation recital with J. S. Bach’s transcendent Suite No. 2 in D minor and continues with Henri Vieuxtemps’s “Hommage à Paganini,” one virtuoso’s impassioned tribute to another. In her pensive Prelude, living composer Ana Sokolovic draws inspiration from Indian and Middle-Eastern music traditions. The recital continues with American composer Quincy Porter’s boisterous Suite for Solo Viola. She concludes her performance with the dramatic Cadenza, a piece by recently-deceased Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and Atar Arad’s poignant tribute to him.
Program (subject to change)
| JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH |
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 |
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| HENRI VIEUXTEMPS |
Capriccio, Op. 55 (“Hommage à Paganini”) |
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| ANA SOKOLOVIC |
Prelude |
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| QUINCY PORTER |
Suite for Solo Viola |
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| KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI |
Cadenza |
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| ATAR ARAD |
Caprice No. 5 (“Krzysztof”) |
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