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2022-10-13 15:00:23
The unfortunate George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower – a... The post A London memorial at last for Beethoven’s British violinist appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-06-29 00:04:05
Caramoor Presents "The Chevalier," a Concert Theater Work About Black Composer, Conductor, and Violinist Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (July 10)
[…] Symphony Orchestra and Richmond Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 and 2019, he toured with the Sphinx Virtuosi Ensemble, appearing at Carnegie Hall, and was a three-time semifinalist in the National Sphinx Competition, earning the National Sphinx Competition Achievement Award in 2012. He was also a National Finalist in the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition. Elliott portrays the young adult version of the Afro-European child violin prodigy George Bridgetower in a feature-length documentary based on Rita Dove’s poetry collection Sonata Mulattica. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2016, where he studied with Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein, and earned his master’s degree at the Juilliard School in 2018, studying under Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. Sarah Baskin (Marie Antoinette) is a Canadian/American actor and filmmaker based in New York. She is particularly interested […]
2022-03-14 00:58:57
HoustonChronicle.com: Kyle Rivera's "Bridgetower Variations" premieres with Houston Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 18 at 8 PM at Jones Hall
Kyle Rivera (Photo: Houston Symphony Orchestra) Houston Chronicle Andrew Dansby March 11, 2022 Forget for a moment the musical notations inked on the page as Ludwig van Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata comes across as something of a mess. The 40-minute piece for piano and violin was originally dedicated to George Bridgetower, a British composer and musician of African descent, who ran afoul of Beethoven and had his name stricken from the sonata. Apparently the backup namesake, violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, wasn’t terribly fond of the piece. But for Bridgetower the retitling of the composition was just part of a grander historical slight. “He’s always been this figure who was relegated to a footnote in any Beethoven biography,” says composer Kyle Rivera. “The sonata was dedicated to him, and then his name was actually crossed out of the manuscript. […]
2022-02-23 20:54:00
Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Centre, Princeton, NJ. (Balcony B, BB5, $33). Program Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1. Bridgetower Fantasy by Vijay Iyer (b. 1971). Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 47, "Kreutzer." Beethoven's violin sonatas are standard pieces violin students learn. They range in degrees of difficulty, with No. 1 being on the easy side, and No. 9 a rather difficult one to master. I enjoyed both pieces. I forget if the music contains actual repeat markings, but Koh and Sauer seemed to do all the repeats, which make for rather long performances. The concert started a few minutes late, but didn't end until 9:45 pm, with one intermission. A notable mistake violin students were taught to avoid was these screeching sounds from not doing your bowing properly. Another would be playing unintentionally close to the bridge. Both seem to be staple techniques in […]
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