Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons" & Violin Sonata Piotr Plawner

• Philip Glass (b. 1937): Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons":
• 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": Prologue 01:16
• 2 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": I. — 06:09
• 3 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": Song No. 1 03:53
• 4 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": II. — 11:32
• 5 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": Song No. 2 02:24
• 6 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": III. — 06:16
• 7 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": Song No. 3 03:39
• 8 Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": IV. — 07:12
• Violin Sonata:
• 9 Violin Sonata: I. — 05:57
• 10 Violin Sonata: II. — 07:22
• 11 Violin Sonata: III. — 06:19
• Total Runtime 01:01:59

Info for Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons" & Violin Sonata

Philip Glass has become an iconic figure in American music. His works are often inspired by collaborations with other leading musicians, and the proposal of an ʻAmerican Four Seasonsʼ by the violinist Robert McDuffie to reflect Vivaldi’s famous masterpiece resulted in a concerto which evokes the Baroque spirit of early 18thcentury violin tradition. With the Concerto’s range of moods, listeners are invited to decide for themselves which season the music evokes. The Violin Sonata sees Glass’s melodic and harmonic language haunted by the ghosts of Brahms, Fauré and Franck, ʻthe meditativeness of this piece bringing a unique energyʼ for award-winning violinist Piotr Plawner.

Piotr Plawner, violin
Gerardo Vila, piano
Berner Kammerorchester
Philippe Bach, conductor

Piotr Plawner
began studying the violin at the age of six. Just three years later, he made his stage début as a soloist with orchestra. He has won first prize in no fewer than five international violin competitions. The most important of these were the International Festival of Young Talents in Bayreuth (1991), the International Wieniawski Competition in Pozna (1991) and, in 1995, the prestigious International Music Competition of the ARD in Munich. Plawner has performed as a soloist all over Europe, in the Middle East and the United States, playing at many famous venues, including Copenhagen (Tivoli), Paris (Châtelet), Berlin (Schauspielhaus), Munich (Herkules Saal), Stuttgart (Liederhalle), Barcelona (Palau de la Musica Catalana), Madrid (Teatro Monumental) and Amsterdam (Concertgebouw). He has made many recordings for radio and television, for Bayerische Rundfunk, WDR SDR, SWR, ORF, DRS, TVE and Dutch television, among others.

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