ViolaPlus
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Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music masterworks in which the rich, dark sound of the viola plays a central role. Directed by renowned violist Tatjana, ViolaPlus features Tatjana herself, Colburn students and faculty, and special guests.
The program opens with Denisov’s Three Pictures after Paul Klee, which turns modern art into vivid sound with the viola at its heart. Bridge’s Three Songs follows, a soulful dialogue between the viola and the human voice. Masurenko’s own arrangement of Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 gives the music a darker, more haunting color, and Françaix’s String Trio brings sparkling French wit. Finally, the afternoon builds to a spirited finale: Korchmar’s brilliant paraphrase on Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, a masterpiece famously stripped of violins to unleash the full, virtuosic power of two solo violas