Multi-Grammy Award-nominated violinist Philippe Quint returns to the delightful Aspect Chamber Music Series with the multi-media show The Muse.
November 20th. at 7.30 PM
Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021
Philippe Quint violin
Jun Cho piano
Jazmine Sauners soprano
Mickey Sumner actress
Photo Credit: JOHN GRESS
Expect nothing less than a feast for the senses in this multi-media recital program entitled The Muse. Interwoven with texts by Sappho, Anne Finch, Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, and Lera Auerbach, The Muse offers a kaleidoscopic view of remarkable women, each sharing her unique voice and story in a powerful celebration of creativity and expression.
Alongside heroic figures such as Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Ethel Smyth, and Florence Price, Quint's selection of works "mirror a very personal journey."
One of these works, Odyssey Rhapsody, significantly inspired the theme. Quint's mother, composer Laura Kvint, arguably the performer's first important muse, dedicated it to Quint on his recent 50th birthday.
Growing up around music, music making, and women in music, he says much of this music is practically in his DNA, making him a great medium to share it further. Beyond this, there is some shared history, at least with fellow Juilliard graduates Vivian Fung and Lera Auerbach.
For example, Auerbach's Violin Concerto No. 1 is Quint's first piece commissioned by the Russian-born American/Austrian composer in 2001 while they were still students. His collaborative history with Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen began more recently when he commissioned her first Violin Concerto. Together, these two works—spanning more than 30 years—will now provide the bookends of Quint's new recording for Pentatone, scheduled for 2025, to be performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Andrew Litton.
Perhaps the best way to pay timely tribute to these female icons is to redefine the term "muse" itself and, as Quint aptly does here, amplify their role as some of classical music's most eloquent key players.
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