TSO Concertmaster since 2016, Emma McGrath takes centre stage in the dual role of director and soloist in this concert celebration of Vivaldi’s glittering showpieces for the violin, to be performed in both Hobart May 11 and Launceston May 12.
The vitality of Vivaldi’s music that modern audiences find thrilling is demonstrated in this stunning program; rhythmically vigorous and harmonically compelling, Vivaldi’s concertos unfurl according to their own inner logic, offering both beauty of form and beauty of sound. The Concerto for Two Violins in A minor provides an opportunity for Emma to team with Associate Concertmaster Elinor Lea.
The concert concludes with contemporary composer Max Richter’s reimaging of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Recomposed, a stunning deconstruction of Vivaldi’s classic that has wowed audiences throughout the world. Taking his cue from what precisely is so modern about Vivaldi’s music, Richter simultaneously pays homage to The Four Seasons and fashions something impressive, radiant and new.
Emma McGrath –
Heralded as a “First-magnitude star in the making” by the Seattle Times, British violinist Emma McGrath made her London debut aged 10 in the Purcell Room and at 14 she performed Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Howard Shelley, broadcast live on Classic FM. She has since performed with numerous professional ensembles and orchestras, and has played in France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Brunei, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Russia, Israel, the UK and the USA as a soloist.
Program
• Vivaldi: Concerto in G, RV151, Alla rustica
• Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV522 (from L’estro armonico)
• Vivaldi: Concerto in A, RV158
• Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A minor, RV356 (from L’estro armonico)
• Richter: Recomposed: Vivaldi The Four Seasons
FOUR SEASONS
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Emma McGrath director and violin
Elinor Lea violin
THURSDAY 11 May, 7.30pm
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart
FRIDAY 12 May, 7.30pm
Princess Theatre, Launceston
Tickets from $32 at tso.com.au or 1800 001 190.
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