2024 Primrose International Viola Competition & American Viola Society Festival Program Book

2024 Primrose International Viola Competition & American Viola Society Festival Schedule of Events — THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024

10:30 am - 11:30 am

AVSF Emerging Artist Recital: Namgon Lee & Julie Michael Zipper Hall

Baroque and Beyond

Fantasía X

Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580) Arr. by Namgon Lee (b. 1991)

Lute Suite in C Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV 997

(1685-1750)

Arr. by Namgon Lee (b. 1991)

II. Fuga

Ave Maria, Gratia plena

Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 - 1535)

Theme and Variations on

Namgon Lee

a Persian Lullaby

(b.1991)

Namgon Lee, viola Jeffrey Laver, harpsichord

Of many, ‘Fantasia X’ is Mudarra’s better-known composition. The fantasia uses cross-rhythms and bold chromaticism, resulting in sudden changes of modes and cross-relation. On arranging for the viola, I transposed the piece into a step higher to maximize the use of the open string. Roman’s arrangements on Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’ are unique examples of a solo string. Inspired by his, I arranged the first movement of the same piece for the unaccompanied viola. Although it is called a lute suite, Bach probably wrote BWV 997 for the lautenwerk. Two lute arrangements of Bach’s unaccompanied works for strings made me think, “what if this lute suite was an arrangement of a lost work?” My transcription is an answer to this imaginary question. Theme and Variation is one of the most common forms when writing for a solo repertoire due to its ability to show creativity and virtuosity. Imagine me as an 18th-century composer; I composed a theme and Variation based on a traditional Persian lullaby.

Triptych

Open C

ko'u inoa

Leilehua Lanzilotti (b.1983)

Viola Sonata I. Hora Lunga

György Ligeti (1923-2006)

Study for String Instrument #1

Simon Steen-Andersen (b.1976)

En un tournemain

Georges Aperghis (b.1945)

into the sea

Julie Michael (b.1990)

Viola Sonata

Paul Hindemith

Op. 25, no.1

(1895-1963)

IV. Rasendes Zeitmaß

Pizzicato

Junk drawer #1-4

Julie Michael (b. 1990)

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