Sarah Kiel Violin Recital: Pastoral Poetry
Sarah Kiel, violin
Leyla Zeynalova, piano
Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 3:00 pm Pickman Concert Hall
Curator Note SolIMS WI ATA!
This program of early 20th-century British violin music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Coleridge-Taylor is deeply personal to me. English music speaks directly to my heart, it being an unusual mix of reserved introspection, pastoral beauty, and deep emotion under a seemingly tranquil surface.
When doing more research on the pieces I selected for this program, I was amazed to learn how well they connect and relate to each other. They were all written in the same WWI decade, before the war and at its very beginning and end. There is also an interesting connection to famous female violinists of the time.
VIOLIN SONATA IN E MINOR, OP. 82 (1918)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
I. Allegro. Risoluto !. Romance. Andante
!. Allegro non troppo
THE LARK ASCENDING: ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRA ARR. FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (1914, rev. 1920)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
012 E
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN G MINOR, OP. 80 (1912)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante semplice - Andantino
III. Allegro molto - Moderato
Sarah Kiel is a student of Mark Lakirovich.
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Sarah Kiel, a native of the Boston area, is a modern and Baroque violinist dedicated to making the beautiful, rich history of music relevant to our modern world through performance and education. She is passionate about putting music into the social context of its time by also keeping alive the parallel literary, historical, and artistic traditions. Sarah has had the wonderful privilege of holding leadership positions with various orchestras including The Concord Orchestra, the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, and Longy School of Music's Orchestra
FLEX. Sarah is currently obtaining her Double Master's Degree in Violin Performance and Baroque Violin Performance at Longy School of Music of Bard College. She was very honored
marcor to be named Longy's 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 Margot Kittredge Memorial Scholar. Sarah
currently studies violin with Mark Lakirovich and Baroque violin with Sarah Darling. She also received her Undergraduate Diploma in Violin Performance from Long in 2022 and her
"Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Middlesex Community College in 2018.
Sarah was honored to be the recipient of Longy's 2021 Margaret Rode Award for Excellence in Solfege and Theoretical Studies. Sarah's pre-college studies included 5 years of violin performance studies and ensembles at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in the teaching studios of Joshua Peckins, Andrew Kohji Taylor, Julie McKenzie, and Aldo Abreu.
Sarah was honored to be the recipient of the NEC Prep Early Music Department Award in 2018.
Leyla Zeynalova was born on June 18, 2001, in Baku, Azerbaijan. On July 2022 she received a scholarship to study in the USA as a pianist. Currently she is a graduate student at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, USA. On June 2022 she graduated from the Baku Music Academy named after U.Hajibeyli with honors. Since 8 October 2014 her name was entered in the "Golden Book" of young talents of Azerbaijan Republic by the Decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic and was granted a Special President scholarship. She is the laureate of international and republican competitions and festivals. She has performed in England Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Russia, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, and Estonia. Since 2013, Leyla has won international competitions all over the world. Her most recent honor is being awarded the Emerging Artist Award from the St.
Botolph Foundation in 2023
