'Witraż' at Roerich Museum – Shannon Lee, violin

Traditional — Selected works (Transylvanian Romanian folk songs)
Béla Bartók — Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75, BB 84 ("III. Allegro")
Traditional — Na Wojtusia z popielnika ("Little sparkle winked to Wojtus")
Grażyna Bacewicz — Kołysanka ("Lullaby")
Grażyna Bacewicz — Witraż ("Stained Glass Window")
Traditional — Pod tým naším okienečkom ("Underneath Our Cottage Window")
Traditional — Měsíček svítí ("Little moon is shining")
Bohuslav Martinů — Impromptu for violin and piano, H. 166
Karol Szymanowski — Mythes ("Three Myths") for violin and piano, Op. 30 ("I. I. La fontaine d'Arethuse")
Anonymous — Selected works (ancient Greek melodies)
Igor Stravinsky — Duo Concertant ("II. Eglogue I," "III. Eglogue III," & "V. Dithyrambe")

Original arrangements of Eastern European folk songs and Ancient Greek melodies mixed with selections from the recently-released Witraż album.

About Shannon Lee

Violinist Shannon Lee (李襄琳) has been praised for her "remarkable fire, impeccable intonation, and big, vibrant tone" (Gramophone). She has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, and New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Currently based in Amsterdam, Shannon is active as a soloist and chamber musician across multiple continents. In 2023 the Fontec label in Japan released a CD of Shannon's dynamic recital program with pianist Jessica Osborne, with works by composers including Bartók, Takemitsu, and Brahms. She also forms a duo with violinist-violist Luosha Fang, and recently recorded an album with composer-pianist Arseniy Gusev for the Azica Records label in the United States. As a chamber musician, she has played at Creative Dialogue France, Krzyżowa-Music in Poland, Music@Menlo in California, Yale University's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Heifetz International Music Institute, where she was Artist-in-Residence and teaching assistant. In addition to teaching privately, Shannon directs Chamber Music Perspectives Workshop, a one-week summer exploration of both chamber music and composition for advanced young string players in the Dallas-Fort-Worth area.

https://www.shannonleeviolin.com/