Discography Following her extremely successful earlier recordings for Cedille, virtuoso violinist,rachel barton, here teams up with cellist, Wendy Warner (first prize http://wendywarner.com/discography.html
Extractions: The people at Bridge records recently went into a snit about one of my reviews, so perhaps I subconsciously hoped this disc would be a bomb. No way! The opening notes of the solo sonata announce a cellist of marvelous communicative powers. Wendy Warner graduated from Curtis and studied with Rostropovich, which implies technical excellence and exalted musicianship; she lives up to both. There is no hint of difficulty or insecurity in her playing; each note is pristine and every phrase sings or shouts as the score demands. She makes Hindemith's lyrical moments sound as natural as if they were Rachmaninov; yet rhythms snap, and tough, gutsy sections have all the tension and sting one could want. If the solo sonata is excellent, the two accompanied ones may be even better. Pianist Buck is a match for Warner, with a terrific knack for Hindemith's piano style, and the partnership seems to bring out the cellist's fire; this is chamber-music-making of a high order. Both sonatas come alive as never before on disc, leaving the minor pieces deep in their shadow. The frog's variations are amusing enough to rate occasional performance, but they serve here mainly as a relaxing entr'acte; ditto the little-known Capriccio, one of the composer's earliest works. A two-CD Wergo set adds Hindemith's "easy" solo cello music, writen for his wife to play at home, to these pieces, but the playing cannot match that by Warner.
Classical barton, rachel Fan site. Links. Fong, Christina - violinist/violist specializingin contemporary music includes discography, reviews, and composer links. http://songsorg.com/Instruments/Stringed/BowedStrings/Violin/Violinists/Classica
Extractions: Search Words: Top Arts Music Instruments ... Violinists : Classical Barrie, Matthew J. - Biographical data, contact information, and picture. Bell, Joshua - Biography, news, recordings, tour dates, pictures, articles, and links. Barton, Rachel - Fan site. Links. Chang, Sarah - Discography, biography, interview, and transcript of a chat session. Chee-Yun - Biography, reviews, interview, discography, itinerary, and repertoire. Fodor, Eugene - Biography, reviews, Real Audio clips, and discography. Fong, Christina - Violinist/violist specializing in contemporary music: includes discography, reviews, and composer links. Foster, Martin - Biography, photos, discography, French music project. Gluzman, Vadim - Biography, concert schedule, and quotes from reviews. Hope, Daniel - Official site. Discography, reviews, calendar, repertoire, and biography. Cernoch Vitezslav - Czech instrumentalist: biography, repertoire, discography, photos, and concert schedule.
Creative Loafing Atlanta | VIBES | TOO MUCH TALK, NOT ENOUGH EDGE 6 Last weekend's Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert paired two guest artists conductor William Eddins and violinist rachel barton for a night of music http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2001-10-10/vibes_livereview.html
Extractions: ASO's latest performance lacked personality BY KEELY BROWN Symphony Hall, Oct. 6 Last weekend's Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert paired two guest artists conductor William Eddins and violinist Rachel Barton for a night of music written or adapted for film. No John Williams anthems here those showcased were genuinely gifted symphonic composers outside the film genre, who (with the exception of Saint-Saens) owed Hollywood for at least some of their fame and prosperity, if not their genius. So far this season, the ASO has not lived up to its highest standard for clean playing, and its energy as an ensemble has been lacking. But for this performance, Eddins managed to pull some real passion and sweep out of the orchestra. And if his dynamic shadings weren't particularly subtle, at least they weren't boring. The opening piece music from Korngold's score to Captain Blood was performed with appropriate swashbuckling verve. Next came Nino Rota's "La Strada," a work culled from nearly a dozen of his film scores for Fellini. Too disconnected to form a cohesive whole, the piece is made up of thematically fragmented themes that are striking in and of themselves, but bewildering when strung together. Solo instruments voiced quirky musical personalities, but the orchestra's playing lacked personality and spirit just as the piece lacked comprehension. The opening bars of Saint-Saens' "Rondo Capriccioso" a virtuoso warhorse for the violinist were played with even more thought than usual, before going into the sprightly minor key that, for anyone brought up in the cartoon generation, likely brought to mind dancing skeletons and other figures of the macabre. Rachel Barton's playing is as charming as she is on stage and that's saying a lot. But this young violinist is capable of far more than she's delivering right now. Though understated and stylishly subtle, her playing blends with the orchestra too much where it should stand out. Barton brought out the throbbing middle tones of her instrument, and she handled the delicate runs without breaking a sweat. Still
Highland Park Strings - Chamber Orchestra violinist rachel barton, who makes an unprecedented fifth appearance with the Stringsfor the opening concert of the 2002 2003 season, has graduated from http://www.highlandpark.org/hpstring/concert1.PS.html
Extractions: Links: Barachovsky, Anton - Biography, agency contact information. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Baraldi, Roberto - Italian violinist. Concert master of Fenice Theatre. Biography, discography, information on his violin, reviews, and links. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Barrie, Matthew J. - Biographical data, contact information, and picture. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Barton, Rachel - Fan site. Links. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Bell, Joshua - Biography, news, recordings, tour dates, pictures, articles, and links. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Cernoch Vitezslav - Czech instrumentalist: biography, repertoire, discography, photos, and concert schedule. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It , Report bad link! Chang, Sarah - Discography, biography, interview, and transcript of a chat session. (Hits: Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Media RelationsNews Releases hand, pianist Menahem Pressler of the renowned Beaux Arts Quartet, concert pianistUrsula Oppens, the Vermeer Quartet, violinist rachel barton, musicians from http://www.northwestern.edu/univ-relations/media/news-releases/*archives97-98/*f
Extractions: CONTACT: Judy Moore at (847) 491-4819 or by e-mail at jkm229@nwu.edu FOR RELEASE: Immediate EVANSTON, Ill. - The 1998 Winter Chamber Music Festival at Northwestern University will explore the intimate connections of musical style, art and history during five January concerts and related programs. This year's Festival, presented by the Northwestern University School of Music and the Evanston Chamber Ensemble, is made possible in part by the generous support of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Since great music and great artists go hand-in-hand, pianist Menahem Pressler of the renowned Beaux Arts Quartet, concert pianist Ursula Oppens, the Vermeer Quartet, violinist Rachel Barton, musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and distinguished members of the Northwestern music faculty are slated to perform during the special month-long event. Designed to entertain as well as enlighten, the January Festival is the second in an annual Winter Chamber series to be presented by the University as part of a continuing effort to provide unusual and innovative programming. Last year, the Festival celebrated the music and times of Johannes Brahms in honor of the centennial of the composer's death. In addition to five chamber music concerts, the Festival includes free informative pre-concert programs called "Informances" that are designed to enrich the audience's listening experience by providing an interdisciplinary view of the period's artistic activity including history and art as well as insight on the society that produced it. They will be presented by faculty from School of Music and the history department at Northwestern and local experts. The Festival also includes master classes and a popular continuing education course titled Score Order which will focus on the interaction of musicians within chamber ensembles.
Fermilab Arts Series Presents... violinist rachel barton is widely recognized as one of the most giftedvirtuosi of her generation. She has appeared as soloist with http://www.fnal.gov/culture/Shows/00-01/trio.shtml
Extractions: $18/$9 ages 18 and under "[Barton's] wonderfully vital and buoyant performances of Handel's oddly undervalued Sonatas for Violin and Continuo offer some of the most refreshing, life-enhancing Baroque violin playing heard in years. Superb continuo players David Schrader and John Mark Rozendaal contribute to the real sense of ensemble teamwork." - Fanfare John Mark Rozendaal performs on the baroque 'cello and the viola da gamba, and is Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Chicago Baroque Ensemble. He has served as principal 'cellist of The City Musick and Basically Bach, and performed both solo and continuo roles with many period instrument ensembles including Early Music at the Newberry Library, the Harwood Ensemble, Orpheus Band, Genesee Baroque Players, Ensemble Musical Offering (Milwaukee), Apollo's Fire (Cleveland) and His Majestie's Clerkes. Rozendaal teaches at the Music Center of the North Shore and Roosevelt University. In 1997 he performed in the Boston Early Music Festival's production of Luigi Rossi's Orfeo under the direction of Peter Holman. John Mark Rozendaal and Chicago Baroque Ensemble record for Centaur and Cedille Records. David Schrader has achieved international reknown as a keyboard soloist performing on the harpsichord, organ, fortepiano, clavichord and the modern piano. His performance credits include solo appearances with the San Francisco Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, The City Musick, Basically Bach, the Chicago Symphony under Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, and Erich Leinsdorf, and the Michigan Mozart Festival with Roger Norrington. Mr. Schrader is the organist of the Church of the Ascension in Chicago, and teaches at Roosevelt University. His recordings of music of Soler and Bach are available on the Cedille label.
Funky Stateside Take On Our Anthem 15 September 2002. American violinist rachel barton is thrilling Kiwis wherevershe goes with her own variations on the New Zealand national anthem. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/news/council/200209/15/a09.asp
Extractions: More news for this week 15 September 2002 American violinist Rachel Barton is thrilling Kiwis wherever she goes with her own variations on the New Zealand national anthem. The 27-year-old Chicago virtuoso, who wears a paua-shell kiwi around her neck, offered it up as a surprise encore to her two guest performances with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) in the Auckland Town Hall last weekend. A big fan of hard rockers Metallica and AC/DC, Rachel describes her original composition as a "funky, double-stop harmonised variation" in the style of Paganini. But she was full of curiosity when invited to take a peep at the original score and lyrics of God Defend New Zealand, owned by Auckland City Libraries as part of the Sir George Grey Collection. Our national anthem was written in 1876 by Dunedin poet Thomas Bracken and composed by teacher John Woods. Rachel says she felt inspired to write a fitting tribute to Godzone during her first tour here in 2000, then tried it out at her final concert with the NZSO in Wellington.
CHRP Press Release 06/26/2002 Highlights include the return of Israel's Sheketak, a benefit performance featuringChicago violinist rachel barton, the first American Youth Tap Ensemble http://www.chicagotap.com/criticscorner/020626pr.htm
Extractions: CHICAGO-As the centerpiece of its 12th season of tap and percussive dance-"The Beat Goes On"-Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) presents its annual festival of performances, educational activities and special events throughout August at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Northwestern University and the Athenaeum Theatre. Highlights include the return of Israel's Sheketak, a benefit performance featuring Chicago violinist Rachel Barton, the first American Youth Tap Ensemble Conference and the first international Tap Festival Presenters Conference. The month begins with an expanded edition of the Legacy concerts August 3 and 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. These concerts feature protégés of three nationally recognized Chicago masters of tap and percussive dance-Sammy Dyer, Tommy Sutton and Jimmy Payne, Sr.-and tap classicist, Paul Draper. Performers include Idella Reed and Rhythm Iss…; Bril Barrett and Martin "Tre" Dumas with their company MADD Rhythms; Jimmy Payne, Jr., Sara Payne and their company Perfect Timing; and CHRP co-founder and artistic director Lane Alexander, who will salute Paul Draper. These contemporary artists will perform recreations of their mentors' works and their original contributions to the evolving legacy of tap.
Radio Kansas Arts Calendar Listing Mar. 22, violinist rachel barton with the Wichita Symphony, Century II Concert Hall. 23,violinist rachel barton with the Wichita Symphony, Century II Concert Hall. http://www.radioks.org/artscalendarlist.cfm
Knox College | Knoxletter For 11/03/97 rachel barton, violinist to Perform at KnoxGalesburg Symphony violinist rachelbarton is the featured artist for the Knox-Galesburg Symphony concert on http://deptorg.knox.edu/newsarchive/knoxletter/1997/1997-11-03_knoxletter.html
Extractions: Faculty, staff, students, and administrators alike are invited to enter with any and all suggestions for naming the new Knox online journal of literary criticism. Please send ideas for the journal name to Lori Haslem either via e-mail (lhaslem) or via campus mail (Box 19). The winning name will be announced at the November 14 Caxton Club, and the winner will be presented with a bag of Hershey kisses. The first official issue of this student-edited journal is to be published sometime early in 1998 and will feature works of literary criticism (from any disciplinary area) written by Knox students. Submissions are currently being accepted. Contact Lori Haslem for information on submission requirements. Reception for Campus Authors Seymour Library will host a reception on Wednesday, November 12 at 4 p.m. in the Finley Room in honor of the recent publication "Too Cheap to Meter: An Economic and Philosophical Analysis of the Nuclear Dream" by Steve Cohn and "Science and the Scientists of Knox College" by Bill Geer. Please join us in congratulating the authors of these books. Refreshments will be served. Both books are available at the Knox bookstore.
Knox-Galesburg Symphony | 1997-1998 Performance Schedule Featuring violinist rachel barton At twentytwo years old, rachel has emerged asone of the most promising of the young generation of American virtuosi winning http://deptorg.knox.edu/kgs/schedules/97-98.html
Concerts: Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra It is pleased to welcome renowned violinist rachel barton, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra,and the Hungarian Orchestra as well as SIU Music faculty soloists as http://www.siuc.edu/~symphony/concerts.htm
Kenosha Symphony Association, Inc. 20012002 rachel barton, violinist Lisa Catherine White, soprano Jeffrey Biegel,pianist Mindy Kaufman, flutist, 2000-2001 Michael Masters, cellist David Burgess http://arts.state.wi.us/static/wpn_dir/wpn_23.htm
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Spivey Hall: Georgia Chamber Players American violinist rachel barton performs an unusually vast repertoire, captivatingaudiences with dazzling pyrotechnic ability, a rich tonal palette and http://www.spiveyhall.org/season_ga_chamber.html
Extractions: The GCP welcome two special guests for this concert. American violinist Rachel Barton performs an unusually vast repertoire, captivating audiences with dazzling pyrotechnic ability, a rich tonal palette and natural charisma. A top prizewinner in every international competition she entered, she has gone on to appear as soloist with many prestigious ensembles. The Strad Chicago Tribune
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Department Of Music Masterclass w/ rachel barton, violin Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, 11 am Come observethis worldclass violinist work with high school and college string students. http://www.vcu.edu/artweb/music/all_events/all_events_body.html
