Vasilisa Khaddad (vn), St. Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2018 [starts at 1:44:54].
Irene Huang (vn) & Glenn Huang, recorded Aug. 23, 2020.
PROGRAM NOTES
What attracted me to "Die liebe Farbe" (The Beloved Colour) from the song cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Miller Girl) is its haunting melody and the simplicity of its stark contrapuntal lines. I was also intrigued by the F-sharp pedal that pulses without let-up for the song's entire duration. The song's text, on the other hand, was of little consequence to me in this context. The Fantasy opens with the theme, in its original key, high up in eerie violin harmonics, shadowed in loose canon by the piano. The first episode gradually departs from the theme, initiating a process over the course of which the theme is further distorted at each recurrence—intervalically, rhythmically and especially harmonically—culminating in a lyrical outpouring, underscored by a G-pedal, with splashy diatonic cluster chords in the piano. But a sombre mood returns and the music drifts off into the stratosphere of register.
Oct 30, 2022—Nicholas Ross (vn), Donna Falconer. The Old Schoolhouse Arts Centre (Qualicum Beach, BC).
Oct 7, 2018—Vasilisa Khaddad (vn), International Leopold Auer Violin & String Quartet Competition. Jaani Kirik (St. John's Church), St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oct 3, 2018—12 performances during 2nd round of International Leopold Auer Violin & String Quartet Competition (mandatory piece, senior group). St. Petersburg, Russia
Oct 2, 2018—Claudia Schaer (vn), Helen Lin. National Opera Center, New York, NY.
Oct 7, 2017— Tiffany Yeung (vn). Vancouver International Music Competition, Gessler Hall, UBC School of Music.
Mar 13, 2016—Gisèle Dalbec-Szczesniak (vn), Michel Szczesniak. Queen's Faculty Artists Series, The Isabel, Kingston, ON.
Nov 2, 2013—Leslie Ting (vn), Sarah Hagen. Gallery 345, Toronto.
Nov 1, 2013—Leslie Ting (vn), Sarah Hagen. Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society.
May 25, 2013—David Lakirovich (vn), Marc Widner. St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Anglican Church, Toronto.
Mar 31, 2009—Lynn Kuo (vn), Marianna Humetska. COC Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Nov 22, 2008—Alain Bouvier (vn), Michael Esch. Robert Rival Doctoral Recital, Walter Hall, U of Toronto.
Aug 5, 2008—Donnie Deacon (vn), Frédéric Lacroix. Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival.
