Performing Arts at MoCA: Putting on the Fritz [PAID EVENT. USE LINK]

A recital of rarely performed, newly discovered and reconstructed works by Fritz Kreisler.

Violinist Darwin Shen has been performing as a soloist in concert halls and with ensembles and orchestras all over the United States for over twenty-five years. Although he continues to perform much of the standard violin repertoire of concertos, sonatas and short pieces, in recent years he has specialized in resurrecting lost or rarely performed works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He has been sought after by other artists and musicians as an expert in these works, and his most recent projects in this area have been published online.

Pianist Michelle Kim enjoys a versatile musical career as a soloist and a collaborative pianist. Currently, she is on Collaborative Piano Fellowship at the Yale School of Music where she coaches in rehearsals and performs in recitals with graduate students. Her past engagement includes working at the Toronto Summer Music Festival, National Concert Band, Vic Chorus at the University of Toronto, Mississauga Children’s Choir, Mimico Children’s Choir and performed throughout North America at venues like National Arts Centre, Carnegie Hall, Chan Centre for the Arts and Tempe Centre for the Arts. In 2022, she joined an opera training program Musiktheater Bavaria in Oberaudorf, Germany as a collaborative piano fellow.

Putting on the Fritz – Program
Original version of Praeludium and Allegro
Bach Violin Concerto in a minor with new piano accompaniment
Beethoven Cavatina from String Quartet op 130 arr by Kreisler
Mozart Violin Concerto no 3 1st movt with new piano accompaniment
Rachmaninov/Kreisler Italian polka
Chaussson Poeme piano part revised by Fritz Kreisler
Stars in my eyes from the operetta “Sissy”
Gabriel Marie La Cinquantaine reconstruction of Fritz Kreisler improvised accompaniment
Korngold Tanzlied des Pierrots reconstruction based on Kreisler recording
Paganini La Campanella

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