Live Stream Concert Friday April 17

Apr 17, 2020

Tune in on our website or on Facebook for a LIVE STREAM of Violin Duos from The Shire with NBSO violinists Jesse Holstein and Ealaìn McMullin. Ealaìn and Jesse (who happen to be married) will take us on a journey around the world in 60 minutes, performing from The Shire, their backyard practice studio!

Opening the program will be Georg Philipp Telemann's Suite for Two Violins based upon Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Originally, this Suite was part of a magazine subscription that Telemann published called "The Faithful Music Master." Shrewdly, in order to get the next movement of the suite, you had to purchase the next issue.

After escaping shipwreck, clumsy giants, tiny Lilliputians and the like, we will travel to Eastern Europe for several of Béla Bartók's Duos. Based upon folk songs hitherto unknown beyond the myriad of villages across Transylvania, Rumania, Slovakia, Wallachia, and Ruthenia, these little gems by Bartók contain some of the most brilliant and innovative (and pedagogically useful) writing for the violin.

Upon leaving Eastern Europe, we will conclude the program with a duet by the Armenian-American violinist and composer Kristapor Najarian. Composed in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, A Tale for Two Violins is based upon Armenian and Turkish folk songs, as well as original melodies composed by Najarian himself.

You have two options to view this live stream. Both options will not appear until very close to 7pm, and it is possible that the performance may start a bit late.

Option 1: If you have a Facebook account, go to the NBSO Facebook Live Videos page where you will see current and past live videos. Click on the "Violin Duos from The Shire" title to open the post so that you can comment and see others' comments.

Option 2: Go to our website and look for the Events tab, then Upcoming Events, and click on the Violin Duos from The Shire box. Simply scroll down to find the video.

All of our live stream performances can be viewed afterward in either place.