Dan Flanagan, Violin: The Bow & the Brush
$35-$45
Linda Marcel — Raven's Dance (after a painting by Nina Fabunmi)
Michael Panther — Pastel Lake (NY premiere; after a pastel drawing by George Manzana Pissarro)
Jacques Desjardins — Émergence (after a painting by Susan Bostrom-Wong)
Evan Price — Blue Swan (after a sculpture by Sean O'Donnell)
Trevor Weston — Notre Dame au milieu de l'eau et du ciel (NY premiere; after a painting by Albert-Marie Lebourg)
Cindy Cox — Into the Light (after a painting by Victoria Veedell)
Maija Hynninen — Island (after a painting by Elaine Pratt)
Nathaniel Stookey — Shadow Breaking (after a painting by Rachel Dwan)
Dan Flanagan — An Animated Street in Autumn (after a painting by Jean-François Raffaëlli)
James M. "Jim" Stephenson — Guillaumin (after a pastel drawing by Armand Guillaumin)
Peter Josheff — Same Old Sadness (after a painting by Peter Canty)
Edmund Campion — Splits (Le Grand Ècart) (after a pastel drawing by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro)
Jessica Mays — And miles to go… (NY premiere; after a painting by Albert Malet)
Catherine Neville — Danses (after a lithograph by Henri Fantin-Latour)
David Mecionis — Couple au Lit (after a painting by Jean-Louis Forain)
Dan Flanagan — LeGato au Chocolat (world premiere; after a painting by Cynthia Alvarez)
Libby Larsen — The Only Way Through is Slow (after a painting by Nikki Vismara)
José González Granero — Cadenza II (after a painting by Robert Antoine Pinchon)
An evening of solo violin and Carnegie Hall Premiere compositions. With music directly inspired by paintings, pastels, mixed media, and sculptures from Flanagan's personal collection, the program highlights pieces by the likes of Raffaëlli, Guillaumin, Pinchon, Pissarro, as well as living artists including Paul Gibson, Nikki Vismara, and Elaine Pratt.
Celebrated for his exquisite violin tone and stellar musicianship, Flanagan brings his enthusiasm for music and art to Weill Hall. Created and conceptualized by Flanagan, the program includes two of his own compositions alongside several commissioned works written by 18 celebrated living New Music composers (with intermission). This concert is the centerpiece of Flanagan's tour, taking "The Bow and the Brush" to audiences in the United States and across Europe. Select compositions are included on a critically acclaimed album released on MSR Records, with visual video accompaniment of the art on thebowandthebrush.com. "The intrepid violinist puts on a master class of exemplary technique, insightful interpretations and an immediately felt devotion to canvases of both sound and art." (James Wegg Review)