Gloria ChienIF YOU GO
What: String TheoryWhen: 6:30 p.m. today, March 14; seating at 6 p.m. Art Connections program at 5:30 p.m.Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff ViewAdmission: $40 at door ($30 for series donors or museum members); $10 students with IDPhone: 423-267-0968Website: http://stringtheorymusic.org
Shmuel AshkenasiIsraeli violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi, a five-time Grammy nominee who has been hailed as a “genuine talent and profoundly gifted,” will join pianist Gloria Chien for the next performance in String Theory tonight, March 14, at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
Their concert, according to Chien, artistic director of the chamber music series, will feature some of Ashkenasi’s all-time favorites: Schubert’s Rondo Brillant in B, Dvorák’s Four Romantic Pieces and Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 in G.
Schubert’s Rondo Brillant showcases the violinist’s virtuosity. The piece was written for Josef Slavik, a Czech violinist whom Chopin called a second Paganini.
Dvorák’s work was written just a few years before his well-known Dumky Trio. The composer gave each of his Romantic Pieces a charming descriptive title: Cavatina, Capriccioso, Romance and Elegy.