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 The concert will include a performance of Sibelius' "Symphony No.
1" and Beethoven's "Violin Concerto," featuring a cadenzas by Rachel
Barton Pine.
"The Beethoven is the quintessential violin concerto, perfectly
poised, tuneful, and ranging in expression from eloquence to deep
introversion to boundless joy," says Dr. Michael Luxner, music
director and conductor of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra.
"Rachel plays it to perfection. She is even playing her own
cadenzas."
Dr. Luxner noted, "Sibelius is one of the great masters of the
symphony, and we'll open the concert with the Sibelius First, a lush
late-Romantic work of power, passion, and scope."
Heralded as a leading interpreter of the great classical
masterworks, international concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine
thrills audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone and
emotional honesty. With an infectious joy in music-making and a
passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine
transforms audiences' experiences of classical music.
Pine has appeared as soloist with many of the world's most
prestigious ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony; the
Philadelphia Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic; and the
Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie.
Pine has a prolific discography of 30 CDs on the Avie, Cedille,
Warner Classics, and Dorian labels. She recently celebrated the
release of her "Mozart: Complete Violin Concerto, Sinfonia
Concertante," with conductor Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of
St. Martin in the Fields on Avie, and in September 2015 Cedille
released her recording of "Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'Amore
Concertos" with Ars Antigua.
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Pine started The Rachel Barton Pine Foundation which assists young
artists through various projects, including the Instrument Loan
Program, Grants for Education and Career, Global HeartStrings
(supporting musicians in developing countries), and a curricular
series in development with the University of Michigan: The String
Student's Library of Music by Black Composers.
The concert will be preceded by a concert preview hosted by Millikin Coordinator
of Musicology Joseph Matson from 6:45 to 7:10 p.m. in the Kirkland lecture room.
The preview is free to concert ticket holders.
Tickets are available through the Kirkland Fine Arts Center Ticket Office by
phone at 217.424.6318 or online at kirklandfinearts.com. Kirkland Ticket Office
hours are Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. A $2.50 fee will be charged for
credit card purchases. This is a per transaction fee, not per ticket, and
applies to online and Ticket Office orders.
Concerts of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra are partially supported by a
grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the Symphony Orchestra
Guild of Decatur.
For further information, please contact Millikin University Media Relations
Coordinator Dane Lisser at 217.420.6636 or dlisser@millikin.edu.
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