Alexi Kenney

Presented by Cal Performances

https://calperformances.org/events/2022-23/recital/alexi-kenney-violin/

Violinist Alexi Kenney, a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, enjoys melding the new with the old, the familiar with the undiscovered, and in this concert highlights the spiritual and mystical dimensions of Bach’s music. The Chaconne from the Partita in D minor is situated at the center of Kenney’s recital, illuminating recent works for solo violin (with and without electronics) by a host of contemporary composers. The title Shifting Ground references the heart of all Baroque music—the omnipresent ground bass—upon which variations are built.

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City: Berkeley
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Program Items

J.S. Bach Adagio from Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001
Reena Esmail Darshan
Paul Wiancko Nocturne from X Suite (California [live performance] premiere)
Du Yun under a tree, an udatta for violin and tape
Nicola Matteis Alla Fantasia
Bach Preludio from Partita in E major, BWV 1006
Salina Fisher New Commission for solo violin (California premiere)
Bach Grave from Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003
Matthew Burtner Elegy from Muir Glacier for violin and tape
Bach Largo from Sonata in C major, BWV 1005
Angélica Negrón New Commission for violin and electronics (California premiere)
Giuseppe Colombi Ciaconna (arr. Kenney)
Samuel Adams “Playing Changes” from Violin Diptych
Bach Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004

Performers

Alexi Kenney Violinist

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

101 Cross-Sproul Path
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States