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Program Info: The concert program will include: The "Red Violin" Suite - a concert arrangement of the music for the film of the same title, which was awarded an Oscar in 2000. The history of the film is a mysterious one (largely based on historical facts). one of the best/most famous violins created by Stradivarius, the so-called “Mendelssohn Stradivarius” (the instrument in the past belonged to, among others, the famous composer's family. Mysterious disappearance, sudden appearance on sale and a slightly reddish color on one of the parts of the violin related to the legend of the luthier's use of a drop of his beloved's blood mixed with varnish - all this is a fascinating story and was the basis for the great success of the film. Elizabeth Pitcairn is the current owner of this instrument and its musical history created by John Corigliano will be heard with the sounds of the main character himself.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in D, K.136 John Corigliano - Red Violin Suite George Gershwin / MariuszSmolij - Three Preludes - - arr. H. Mims - Acadian Songs & Dances George Whitefield Chadwick - Serenade for Strings