Phillips Collection: Alexi Kenney, violin – Shifting Ground
In person: $45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)
- Alexi Kenney, violin
George Enescu — Impressions d'enfance ("Childhood Impressions"), Op. 28 ("Le Ménétrier" ("The Country Fiddler"))
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 ("I. Allemande")
Paul Wiancko — X Suite ("II. Allemande")
Du Yun — under a tree, an udatta for violin and tape
Nicola Matteis — Fantasia No. 2 for Solo Violin in A minor "Alia Fantasia"
Paul Wiancko — X Suite ("V. Nocturne")
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ("I. Allemande" & "II. Double")
Salina Fisher — Selected works (new commission for solo violin TBA)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 ("I. Grave")
Matthew Burtner — Muir Glacier 1889-2009 ("Elegy")
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005 ("III. Largo")
Angélica Negrón — Selected works (new commission for violin & electronics)
Giuseppe Colombi — Chiacona (arr. Alexi Kenney)
Thuridur Jónsdóttir — INNI – musica da camera
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2020 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, violinist Alexi Kenney is building a career that defies categorization. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras in the USA and abroad, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Ground bass, the compositional technique found at the heart of baroque music, serves as the inspiration for his program at the Phillips, Shifting Ground.
During this ambitious program, Alexi weaves together solo violin music by J.S. Bach with existing works by Matthew Burtner, Giuseppe Colombi, Nicola Matteis, Paul Wiancko, and Du Yun, as well as two new commissioned pieces by Salina Fisher and Angélica Negrón.
This event will be broadcast live from the Music Room on Sunday, March 5 at 4pm Eastern. To reserve a ticket, follow the link above to register. All registered ticket holders will receive a link directing them to a livestream webpage where the performance can be accessed. Ticket holders will be able to watch this performance "On Demand" for 48 hours following the broadcast time.
About Alexi Kenney, violin
Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition, and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Alexi is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
http://www.alexikenney.com/