Celebrated violinist Bella
Hristova makes her Asheville Symphony Orchestra debut on Saturday, February 13,
when she takes on Beethoven’s beloved Violin Concerto in an ASO Masterworks
concert at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
Asheville Symphony
Music Director Daniel Meyer will conduct the 8 p.m. concert, which also
includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Strauss’ Metamorphosen.
“We’re excited to have
Bella Hristova make her ASO debut with Beethoven’s bold and brilliant Violin
Concerto,” Meyer said. “A concerto of symphonic proportions, Beethoven’s single
entry into the genre remains at the pinnacle of music ever written for the
instrument, and this will be an opportunity to hear a great concerto performed
by a shooting star.”
Acclaimed for her passionate, powerful
performances, beautiful sound, and compelling command of her instrument, Hristova
was recently recognized with a prestigious 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant,
given to outstanding instrumentalists and based on excellence alone. The
Washington Post’s The Classical Beat has stated she is “a player of impressive
power and control.” Her engagements in 2015-16 include the Buffalo
Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Erie
Philharmonic and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Hristova is stepping
into the ASO concert in place of Stefan Jackiw, who was originally scheduled to
perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Jackiw has had to withdraw, with regret,
for personal reasons.
The Mendelssohn and
Strauss works will be performed during the first half of the concert.
Mendelssohn’s Hebrides
Overture, subtitled “Fingal’s Cave,” musically captures the composer’s visit to
and impressions of this special archipelago in Scotland.
Crushed by the demise
of Germany and its storied cultural history, Strauss composed an elegiac and
deeply stirring work for twenty-three solo musicians called Metamorphosen. With its arching,
spun lines of intertwined strings and a wistful nod to the funeral march from
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, Metamorphosen
aches for a bygone era of serious but deeply Romantic music.
Bella Hristova’s
appearance is generously sponsored by Metro Wines.
Single tickets for
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto are $22-$62 depending on seating section; reduced
youth pricing is available. Single tickets and season ticket packages can be
purchased at www.ashevillesymphony.org, by calling 828-254-7046, or in person
at the U.S. Cellular Center box office at 87 Haywood Street.
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra performs and promotes symphonic music
for the benefit, enjoyment and education of the people of Western North
Carolina. The ASO presents concerts in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in
Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center. Related organizations include the Asheville
Symphony Guild, Asheville Symphony Chorus, Asheville Symphonettes, and
education initiatives such as the Asheville Buncombe Youth Orchestra, Music in
the Schools, MusicWorks!, Spotlight on Young Musicians, Symphony Talk and
pre-concert lectures.
Masterworks 4
BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
February 13, 2016 • 8
p.m.
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin
Program:
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Strauss Metamorphosen Beethoven Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Strauss Metamorphosen Beethoven Violin Concerto
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