Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano

Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 7:30 PM
American Philosophical Society

American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin Hall,
427 Chestnut Street Learn More

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About This Performance

Internationally recognized as a unique voice on the viola, Kim Kashkashian is an artist who combines a probing, restless intellect with enormous beauty of tone. For her first PCMS recital since 2015, the Grammy Award winner is joined by her long-standing duo partner, Robert Levin, for a performance of repertoire originally written for other instruments. The program culminates in Kashkashian’s version of Stravinsky’s neoclassical masterpiece Suite Italienne, a show-stopping addition to the repertory of modern viola music.

Transcriptions
Beethoven: Seven Variations on aria from Mozart’s Magic Flute, WoO 46
Debussy: Fêtes Galantes
Britten: Lachrymae, Op. 48
Ravel: Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques
Beethoven: Twelve Variations on aria from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 66
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission)