Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, "an exciting, boundary-defying performer" (Washington Post) known for her "bravura technique and soulful musicianship" (New York Times), headlines a groundbreaking album of blues-influenced classical works for violin and violin and piano by 20th and 21st century composers of African descent. World-premiere recordings include Noel Da Costa's 'A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin,' based on American fiddle tunes; Daniel Bernhard Roumain's 'Filter,' which conjures the sounds of electronic dance music and psychedelic guitar; Errollyn Wallen's 'Woogie Boogie,' a humorous and inventive reimaging of the boogie woogie blues dance; and Billy Childs's 'Incident,' a single-movement violin sonata / tone poem written as a response to a fatal shooting by police. Another premiere is Wendall Logan's violin and piano arrangement of Duke Ellington's 1935 composition, 'In a Sentimental Mood.' The album's title track, Dolores White's improvisational 'Blues Dialogues,' draws on classical, jazz, and country music, as well as African-American vocalizations and a blues harmonic language. David N. Baker's gospel-tinged 'Blues (Deliver My Soul)' evokes the ecstatic energy of a Black church service. Charles S. Brown's 'A Song Without Words' was inspired by bottleneck guitar player and gospel blues master Blind Willie Johnson. Each movement of William Grant Still's 'Suite for Violin and Piano' evokes the work of a different African-American visual artist. Clarence Cameron White's 'Levee Dance, Op. 26, No. 2,' a favorite of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz, surrounds a traditional African-American spiritual with a playful, syncopated dance. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's 'Blue/s Forms' and 'Louisiana Blues Strut' befit a composer with a legacy of achievements in the classical, jazz, modern dance, and pop music worlds.
17 15. in a Sentimental Mood (Arr. W. Logan for Violin and Piano) 00:03:25 White, Dolores - Classical Composer
18 Blues Dialogues
19 16. I. Blues Feeling 00:03:24
20 17. II. Expressive 00:02:45
21 18. III. Fast and Funky 00:01:13
22 19. IV. Moderately Fast 00:02:49 Wallen, Errollyn - Classical Composer
23 20. Woogie Boogie 00:02:26 Childs, Billy - Classical Composer
24 21. Incident on Larpenteur Avenue 00:07:44 Roumain, Daniel Bernard - Classical Composer
25 22. Filter 00:04:35 Brown, Charles - Classical Composer
26 23. a Song Without Words 00:03:10 Still, William Grant - Classical Composer Anonymous - Arranger
27 24. Lenox Avenue: The Blues (Arr. for Violin and Piano) 00:03:55
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, "an exciting, boundary-defying performer" (Washington Post) known for her "bravura technique and soulful musicianship" (New York Times), headlines a groundbreaking album of blues-influenced classical works for violin and violin and piano by 20th and 21st century composers of African descent. World-premiere recordings include Noel Da Costa's 'A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin,' based on American fiddle tunes; Daniel Bernhard Roumain's 'Filter,' which conjures the sounds of electronic dance music and psychedelic guitar; Errollyn Wallen's 'Woogie Boogie,' a humorous and inventive reimaging of the boogie woogie blues dance; and Billy Childs's 'Incident,' a single-movement violin sonata / tone poem written as a response to a fatal shooting by police. Another premiere is Wendall Logan's violin and piano arrangement of Duke Ellington's 1935 composition, 'In a Sentimental Mood.' The album's title track, Dolores White's improvisational 'Blues Dialogues,' draws on classical, jazz, and country music, as well as African-American vocalizations and a blues harmonic language. David N. Baker's gospel-tinged 'Blues (Deliver My Soul)' evokes the ecstatic energy of a Black church service. Charles S. Brown's 'A Song Without Words' was inspired by bottleneck guitar player and gospel blues master Blind Willie Johnson. Each movement of William Grant Still's 'Suite for Violin and Piano' evokes the work of a different African-American visual artist. Clarence Cameron White's 'Levee Dance, Op. 26, No. 2,' a favorite of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz, surrounds a traditional African-American spiritual with a playful, syncopated dance. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's 'Blue/s Forms' and 'Louisiana Blues Strut' befit a composer with a legacy of achievements in the classical, jazz, modern dance, and pop music worlds.
