Music Speaks: Take Flight, on Wing of Song (West)

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 01:00 pm UTC-04:00

West Somerville Branch Library | Somerville

Somerville Public Library (MA)
Publisher/HostSomerville Public Library (MA)
Music Speaks: Take Flight, on Wing of Song (West)
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An educational and evocative mixture of live violin performance and stories about the composers and music, Joshua Peckins’ “Take Flight, on Wing of Song” concert ranges from Bach’s glorious, final Partita for Solo Violin, to cutting-edge modernism that combines the violin with recorded bird song, a fresh take on a centuries-old chord progression that drove medieval audiences wild, and Spanish guitar music transcribed for Classical violin.
Joshua Peckins “Music Speaks” violin recitals take listeners on an exciting journey from past to present, featuring classics of the past and contemporary pieces by living composers, with rich commentary and stories about the composers and music. An illuminating educational experience, as well as an opportunity to hear classical violin performance up close, these programs are a welcoming invitation to the violin and its repertoire of old and present day.
About the Performer:
Joshua Peckins, violinist, has performed at the Somerville Libraries regularly over the past decade. Trained both locally at the New England Conservatory and the Yale School of Music, and abroad at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, Peckins has presented solo concerts nationally and internationally throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and has been described by the President of the International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition as, “...intensive, profound, intelligent...” Click here for Peckins' full biography.
Please visit https://tinyurl.com/mwvswkd6 to register for this event.
Questions? Contact Brigid: [email protected].
This program has been generously sponsored by the Friends of the Somerville Public Library. Thanks, Friends!
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