Dances of Past and Future: Music of Stravinsky, Woolf, and Piazzolla
Igor Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
Randall Woolf: Faith is the Evidence (World Premiere, SMCO Commission)
Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) orch. Desyatnikov for solo violin and strings
Rachel Lee Priday, violin
Geoffrey Larson, conductor
In this program brimming with rhythmic excitement, dances of distinctive character by Stravinsky and Piazzolla bookend an enigmatic new work by the Guggenheim Fellowship-winning composer Randall Woolf. Appearing as a soloist with major international orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Staatskapelle Berlin, Rachel Lee Priday is a violinist with “irresistible panache” (Chicago Tribune).
