Tessa Lark, violin

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in G major, Op. 30 no. 3 (1802)
Cesar Franck, Sonata for Violin in A (1886)
Maurice Ravel, Tzigane (1924)
John Lewis, Django (1954)
John Corigliano, STOMP (2010)
Michael Torke, Spoon Bread (2016)
Tessa Lark, Jig and Pop (2021) Boston premiere

Violinist Tessa Lark can play anything. In this wide-ranging recital, she will show three distinct sides of her musical life. Anchoring her program will be two landmarks from each end of the 19th century, Beethoven’s exuberant 1802 sonata, and the achingly romantic work Franck wrote as a wedding present for Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe eight decades later.

Highlighting two additional musical traditions that Tessa cherishes will be two musical portraits of Roma musicians—by Ravel and John Lewis (founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet)—and three works that celebrate the bluegrass fiddling of her home state of Kentucky, including the premiere of her own new piece.

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Tickets are required and include Museum admission. Choose from two seating sections. 

SECTION A: FLOOR LEVEL AND FIRST BALCONY

Adults $45, seniors $40, members $35, students & children ages 7-17 $20 (children under 7 not admitted).

SECTION B: SECOND AND THIRD BALCONIES

Adults $40, seniors $35, members $30,students & children ages 7-17 $20 (children under 7 not admitted).

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OF NOTE

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