Midori: Gets extrovert on Bach
Violinist Midori will release her new CD in February. Already launched in her home of Japan on December 19th of last year, the album will contain Bach's Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 and the Sonata No. 1 by Bartok – the latter a collaboration with Pianist Robert McDonald, who has been a longstanding touring partner. The Bach Sonata is a piece for solo violin, which has accompanied her for years. In a short movie by Robert Abramovic (already shot in 2005), Midori talks about her relationship with the composer and the Bach Sonata No. 2 in particular: „It's incredibly difficult and challenging - and rewarding“ Midori said, revealing that she has wished to be able to perform these pieces since her childhood, “It's probably the most extrovert of his sonatas“ The film was shot in Dubrovnik and features short, but intense extracts from live performances of the sonata by Midori – and can be watched through a link on her homepage.
In the wake of the album, Midori will also be touring extensively over the next couple of months. Planned are concerts in Trier (29.2.), Nienburg (3.3.), Hamburg (4.3.), Essen (10.5.), Rottenburg (11.5.) and Berlin (12.5.). Following that, Midori will head off to London, where the London Symphonic Orchestra has dedicated an „Artist Portrait“ to her. As part of the program, Midori will perform recitals, give workshops and answer the public's questions in a debate session focussing on contemporary music and musical education.
The program for her upcoming concerts, by the way, wil not consist of the material for the new CD. Instead, Midori will present a combinination of 20th century and classical works: Schnittke, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Penderecki, MacMillan and John Adams.
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