4pm: Semplice Players with Mark Peskanov: Rossini, Wieniawski, Sarasate

Rossini (1792-1868)

Sonata No. 3 in C Major

Wieniawski (1835-1880)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

I Allegro moderato

II ‘Romance. Andante non troppo

III Allegro con fuoco – Allegro moderato, à la Zingara

Sarasate (1884-1908)

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

with

Mark Peskanov, violin

and Semplice Players: Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violin; Julia Choi, violin; Margo Shohl, viola; Patrick Hopkins, cello; John-Paul Norpoth, double bass; Doris Stevenson, piano

Mark Peskanov, violin– American virtuoso violinist and artistic visionary Mark Peskanov was born in Odessa. Peskanov sang before he could walk or talk, and soon became a star violin student at the famed Stolyarsky school. His phenomenal facility and musicianship won him both the Aspen and Juilliard concerto competitions, bringing him to the notice of Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich and rocketing him into the top echelons of the music world. Peskanov’s major accolades include the Avery Fischer Career Grant, the first Frederick R. Mann Award, and Carnegie Hall’s first Isaac Stern Award.  Since 2005, he is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic. Peskanov has curated over 3,000 chamber concerts at Bargemusic, encompassing a vast range of genres and styles, presenting over 200 concerts annually to New York audiences. Under his leadership Bargemusic continues to evolve as an innovative, influential, and integral component of New York City’s cultural world.

SEMPLICE PLAYERS In music, the Italian marking “Semplice” means the performance should sound fresh, simple, and satisfying. Semplice Players has taken that approach in close to one hundred concerts in beautiful New York City venues since its founding in 2016. The concerts have attracted listings and critical attention from the New York Times (most recently in the NYT’s “Fall Preview” of must-see music performances for the 2020-21 season in New York and the US), the New Yorker, and the New York Classical Review. Whether playing the great masterworks or a piece written yesterday, expert musicians and emerging artists join together in bringing the always living, evolving tradition of music-making to audiences of every age and walk of life, wherever chamber music can be enjoyed.

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