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The Seventy-first Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt

2,922nd Concert

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist

January 27, 2013

Sunday, 6:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
Program

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)

Twenty-four Caprices

Caprice no. 13 in B-flat Major: Allegro

Caprice no. 14 in E-flat Major: Moderato

Caprice no. 15 in E Minor: Posato

Caprice no. 16 in G Minor: Presto

Caprice no. 17 in E-flat Major: Sostenuto—Andante

Caprice no. 18 in C Major: Corrente—Allegro

Caprice no. 19 in E-flat Major: Lento—Allegro Assai

Caprice no. 20 in D Major: Allegretto

Caprice no. 21 in A Major: Amoroso—Presto

Caprice no. 22 in F Major: Marcato

Caprice no. 23 in E-flat Major: Posato

Caprice no. 24 in A Minor: Tema con variazioni (Quasi Presto)

The Musician

In both art and life, violinist Rachel Barton Pine has an extraordinary ability

to connect with people. Celebrated for her technique, lustrous tone, and 

infectious joy in music-making, Pine’s performances combine her innate

gift for emotional communication and her scholarly fascination with historical research. An innovative interpreter of classical works, Pine plays with

passion and conviction across an extensive repertoire.

Pine’s 2012-2013 season includes performances with Germany’s Gottinger Symphonie-Orchester, France’s Orchestre de Bretagne, the Sacramento 

Philharmonic, and City Music Cleveland. Throughout the year she will play

concertos by Bartolc, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky,

Vieuxtemps, and Vivaldi as well as the five Mozart violin concertos with the 

New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra. With this concert, coupled with her

performance of Paganini Caprices nos. 1-12 at the Phillips Collection earlier 

this afternoon, she continues her performances of all twenty-four Paganini 

Caprices, previously heard in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. A loyal

proponent of new music, she has recorded Mohammed Fairouz’s Sonata

for solo violin for Naxos, and has performed works by renowned Ghanaian

composer J. H. Kwabena Nketia with pianist George Francois.

Pine has appeared as soloist with many ofthe world’s most prestigious

ensembles, including the Baltimore, Chicago, Montreal, and Vienna symphony orchestras; the Philadelphia Orchestra; the Israel, Mozarteum, and

Scottish Chamber Orchestras; the Royal Philharmonic; and the Netherlands

Radio Kamer Filharmonie. She has worked with renowned conductors Marin

Alsop, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Jarvi, Erich Leinsdorf, and Zubin Mehta.

Pine’s discography includes a performance of Glazunov’s Violin Concerto

with the Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Jose Serebrier; Beethoven

e[ Clement Violin Concertos, which includes the world-premiere recording of

Franz Clement’s Violin Concerto; and An English Fancy, recorded by her

period-instrument group, Trio Settecento.

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