Hilary Hahn: In her own words ... on J.S. Bach

Summary:

Growing up with Bach, and getting four voices from a fiddle ...

Website:

http://www.hilaryhahn.com/aboutme.shtml

Additional Credits and Funding:

Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Timely on:

December: On tour: NYC, GA, MN, MD

Tones:

Real, Surprising

Language:

English

Description:

Some of the world's best violinists wait years before they dare to record the music Bach wrote for the violin alone. But <b>Hilary Hahn</b> is a different story. For her very first recording, released when she was just 17, Hahn chose solo Bach. Hahn says she's always had an affinity for Bach's music — ever since she was a four-year-old learning with the Suzuki method. Now in her mid-20s, Hahn has established herself as one of the world's leading concert violinists, and Bach remains at the core of her repertoire. In this feature, Hahn tries to get at what it is that musicians especially love about playing Bach. And she offers a glimpse inside her approach to playing a multi-voiced fugue on the violin.

As in all the pieces in David Schulman's CPB-supported <a href="http://www.prx.org/series/475">Musicians in their own words</a> series, the story is told through a mix of the performer's voice and music. There is no reporter's voice heard, allowing the feature to be seamlessly incorporated into station news, talk, or music programming.

Scripts for intro and outro are attached, and may be edited at will.

This piece also works well pegged to local performances. Hilary Hahn's tour schedule includes:

<i>Dec. 9   USA   New York, NY
Avery Fisher Hall  with the New York Philharmonic
Dec.10   USA   Greenvale, NY
Tilles Center   New York  with the Philharmonic
Dec.11   USA   New York, NY
Avery Fisher Hall  with the  New York Philharmonic
Feb. 3-5  USA   Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Symphony Hall   Atlanta Symphony
Feb.11, 12   USA   St. Paul, MN
Ordway Center   Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Feb.17, 18   USA   Baltimore, MD
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall   Baltimore Symphony
Feb.19   USA   North Bethesda, MD
Strathmore Music Center   Baltimore Symphony
Feb.20   USA   Baltimore, MD
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall   Baltimore Symphony</i>

This piece debuts on PRX.

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