Weekend Concert Series
Geneva Lewis, Violin
Sunday, November 5, 2023
1:30 pm
CALDERWOOD HALL
PROGRAM
J. S. Bach - Partita No. 3 in E Major (1720)
with Ashley Bouder (world premiere choreography by Gianna Reisen, ISGM Commission)
Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances (1917)
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Samuel Dushkin - Fairy's Kiss Divertimento (1934)
Kaija Saariaho - Nocturne (1994)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad - Suite No. 1 (2014)
Reena Esmail - Darshan, mvt. III (2018)
New Zealand-born Geneva Lewis makes her solo debut in a program of exciting works for violin. Geneva’s performance of Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E will feature original choreography by Gianna Reisen, commissioned by ISGM, performed by star of New York City Ballet, Ashley Bouder. Dance is returning to the Sunday Concert Series!
Geneva will be joined by Dina Vainshtein, piano.
This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Fund.
Geneva Lewis, Violin, Photographer: Matthew Holler.
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This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Fund.
Hemenway & Barnes LLP is the lead corporate sponsor of the Weekend Concert Series. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
