American Traditions | Solo Violin or Violin & Piano
This program is a classical celebration of the violin’s American folk music roots, traversing the European dance music of early immigrants to its transformation into a uniquely American style thanks to the influence of African-American music-making.
Solo Violin:
Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Scottish traditional: Air-March-Strathspey-Reel
Noel da Costa: A Set of Dance Tunes
Mark O’Connor: Caprice No. 1
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Darol Anger: Rag from American Partita No. 1
Bruce Molsky: Waltz from American Partita No. 1
David Wallace: John, Son of Zebedee from Personas
Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River, arr. Maud Powell
Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
Daniel Bernard Roumain: Hip-Hop Dance I
Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d’Amérique
Violin & Piano:
David Baker: Blues (Deliver My Soul)
Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100
Florence Price: The Deserted Garden
Clarence Cameron White: Levee Dance, Op. 26, No. 2
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
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Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Mark O’Connor: Strings and Threads Suite
Harry Burleigh: Southland Sketches (movement I)
Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d’Amérique
Libby Larsen: Blue Piece
Ravel: Sonata (movements II and III)