Violinist Jennifer Frautschi (with Stradivarius) Performs w/ Napa Valley Symphony March 8, 2009

Violin sensation Jennifer Frautschi—with her Stradivarius from 1722 in tow—performs Handel, Saint-Saëns and other works built around images of fireworks with the Napa Valley Symphony.

Selections range from music specifically composed to accompany a fireworks display such as Handel’s Music for the Royal Firework, to virtuosic displays like Saint-Saëns’ Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Ravel’s Tzigane and De Falla’s El Amor Brujo Suite.

In recent seasons, Ms. Frautschi—and her 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin named the ‘ex-Cadiz’— has created a sensation through well-received appearances as soloist with Pierre Boulez and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Christoph Eschenbach and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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