Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra May 30, 2010

Corigliano's 'The Red Violin: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra' is a set of variations based on his Oscar-winning score for the 1998 film. This richly eclectic and poetic work encompasses classical elegance, gypsy passion, and angst-ridden harmonies. The baroque device of a repeated chord pattern - a chaconne - gives an overarching sense of unity to the film's episodic story line, resulting in a set of remarkably imaginative variations on a theme of haunting pathos. Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Maria Bachmann, violin; Grant Knox, tenor; University Chorale. Violin soloist Maria Bachmann was hailed by the New York Times as "a violinist of soul and patrician refinement." The program also includes Liszt's 'A Faust Symphony.' Presented by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.