"Homage": Purcell, Britten, Tchaikovsky, and Arensky : Nicolas Altstaedt, Vilde Frang, Blake Pouliot, Alisa Weilerstein, and more at La Jolla Music Society.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pouliot, Blake, performer.

Waarts, Stephen, performer.

Skerik, Joseph, performer.

Elliott, Sterling, performer.

Li, Teng, performer.

Barnatan, Inon, performer.

Frang, Vilde, performer.

Weilerstein, Alisa, performer.

Altstaedt, Nicolas, performer.

La Jolla Music Society

Language:

English

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Internet videos

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 31 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[La Jolla, CA] : La Jolla Music Society, [2025].

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digital

video file

Summary:

Discover how musical brilliance sparks future greatness in this contrasting program at La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, honoring the profound exchange of influence between composers with an extraordinary collection of soul-stirring works. The concert begins with Purcell’s Chacony in G Minor in the arrangement by Benjamin Britten, a stately Baroque ground bass composition reimagined for modern orchestration to amplify its emotional depth and structural clarity. First performed on the exact date of the Purcell anniversary, 21 November 1945, Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 pays homage to the composer in a final movement that is the namesake and formal successor of the Purcell work. Our musical journey continues into the Romantic era, with Tchaikovsky’s trio of pieces for violin and piano, Souvenir d’un lieu cher, built on rich emotional warmth and nostalgic melodies. Dedicated to the memory of Tchaikovsky, Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 presents the perfect conclusion to the program, an elegiac work with allusions to Russian liturgical chant and celebratory folksong.

Contents:

Chaconne in G minor, Z.730 / Henry Purcell

String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 / Benjamin Britten

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35 / Anton Arensky.

Participant:

Blake Pouliot, Violin ; Stephen Waarts, Violin ; Joseph Skerik, Viola ; Sterling Elliott, Cello ; Teng Li, Viola ; Inon Barnatan, Piano ; Vilde Frang, Violin ; Alisa Weilerstein, Cello ; Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello.

Notes:

Recorded 2025. The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, La Jolla, CA, USA.

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Contains:

Container of: Purcell, H. Chaconne in G minor, Z.730.

Container of: Britten, Benjamin. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36.

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42.

Container of: Arensky, Anton. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35.

OCLC:

1611201485

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