Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
22nd July 2021
12.30 lunchtime
James Chen
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Solo Violin Sonata No 3 in C major BWV 1005 (1720)
i Adagio
ii Fuga
iii Largo
iv Allegro assai
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
from Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op 27 (1924)
Sonata No 4 (dedicated to Fritz Kreisler)
Allemande - Lento maestoso
Sarabande - Quasi lento
Finale - Presto, ma non troppo
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Solo Violin Op 6 (1911)
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Solo Violin Sonata No 3 in C major BWV 1005 (1720)
i Adagio
ii Fuga
iii Largo
iv Allegro assai
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
from Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op 27 (1924)
Sonata No 4 (dedicated to Fritz Kreisler)
Allemande - Lento maestoso
Sarabande - Quasi lento
Finale - Presto, ma non troppo
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Solo Violin Op 6 (1911)
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
James Chen
Currently twenty one years old, Australian violinist James Chen has performed internationally as a soloist and has appeared in recitals in France at the MusicAlp festival and in Weimar recently. Over the past year, he has received masterclasses from prominent musicians such as Gyorgy Pauk, Augustin Hadelich, Yuzuko Horigome, Joel Smirnoff and Roman Simovic.
His recent festival highlights include taking part in the Weimar Masterclasses studying with Midori, MusicAlp festival studying with Dong-Suk Kang and the Friends International Violin Academy receiving guidance from several renowned professors.
His diverse ensemble experience includes being a fellow for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ultimately resulting in a successful casual audition for the orchestra in 2018, as well as touring Australia with the Momentum Ensemble in several projects, being a co-principal violinist for the Royal Academy Sainsbury Soloists under the leadership of Clio Gould and working in a baroque ensemble with Rachel Podger.
James has a keen interest in community outreach with most recent projects including helping the City Lit Percussion Orchestra in London and assisting a program with the Primrose Hill Primary School as part of Open Academy as well as performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre with students from a learning specialist school in Mornington, Australia as part of the Momentum Ensemble and performing for a care home in Weimar with Midori. He has also been selected as an ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation.
He currently attends the Royal Academy of Music with a full scholarship studying under the mentorship of Rodney Friend. James’ studies are supported by the Richard and Suresh MacMillan scholarship.
He is currently playing on a violin by Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi made in 1775 loaned generously from the Royal Academy of Music’s museum collection.
His recent festival highlights include taking part in the Weimar Masterclasses studying with Midori, MusicAlp festival studying with Dong-Suk Kang and the Friends International Violin Academy receiving guidance from several renowned professors.
His diverse ensemble experience includes being a fellow for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ultimately resulting in a successful casual audition for the orchestra in 2018, as well as touring Australia with the Momentum Ensemble in several projects, being a co-principal violinist for the Royal Academy Sainsbury Soloists under the leadership of Clio Gould and working in a baroque ensemble with Rachel Podger.
James has a keen interest in community outreach with most recent projects including helping the City Lit Percussion Orchestra in London and assisting a program with the Primrose Hill Primary School as part of Open Academy as well as performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre with students from a learning specialist school in Mornington, Australia as part of the Momentum Ensemble and performing for a care home in Weimar with Midori. He has also been selected as an ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation.
He currently attends the Royal Academy of Music with a full scholarship studying under the mentorship of Rodney Friend. James’ studies are supported by the Richard and Suresh MacMillan scholarship.
He is currently playing on a violin by Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi made in 1775 loaned generously from the Royal Academy of Music’s museum collection.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Solo Violin Sonata No 3 in C major BWV 1005 (1720) i Adagio ii Fuga performed by James Chen |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Solo Violin Sonata No 3 in C major BWV 1005 (1720) i Adagio ii Fuga iii Largo iv Allegro assai performed by Shunske Sato for the Netherlands Bach Society's All of Bach Project In this Sonata no. 3, performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach, Bach appears to have been looking to Italy for inspiration. The mysterious first Adagio, for instance, seems just like the opening of the Adagio of the oboe concerto by Marcello. The monumental Fugue in this sonata is full of contrapuntal tricks. Although not exactly Italian, it has no German equivalent either. |
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Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (1858-1931) from Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op 27 (1924) Sonata No 4 (dedicated to Fritz Kreisler) Allemande - Lento maestoso Sarabande - Quasi lento Finale - Presto, ma non troppo performed by Augustin Hadelich |
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Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Solo Violin Op 6 (1911) performed by Kerson Leong, on 4 July 2017, as part of the Flâneries Musicalse de Reims, France |
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Next Thursday's concert
Charlie Lovell-Jones, violin & Julian Chan, piano, also courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music - click here
