Hilary Hahn - Virtuoso by Hilary Hahn (2020)

Three-time Grammy® Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn is renowned for her virtuosity, expansive interpretations and creative programming. Her 16 feature recordings have received every critical prize in the international press. Her 17th album will be a retrospective collection that also contains new live material and art from her fans, in keeping with a decades-long tradition of collecting fan art at concerts.

Over the past two seasons, in recital tours across the United States, Europe and Japan, she premiered six new partitas for solo violin by composer Antón García-Abril. The works were Hilary’s first commissioning project for solo violin and her first commission of a set of works from a single composer. García-Abril was also one of the composers for “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores,” Hilary’s multi-year commissioning project to revitalize the genre.

In addition to joining the Houston Symphony on its European Tour, during this season Hilary performs violin concertos by Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Prokofiev and Bernstein’s Serenade for Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion (after Plato’s Symposium) for Bernstein’s centennial season. As part of recent residencies at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Seattle Symphony and National Orchestra of Lyon, she piloted free—and sometimes surprise—concerts for parents with their babies, a knitting circle, a community dance workshop, a yoga class and art students. She will continue to create these community-oriented concerts as artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also plays a free concert to promote a college membership program and participates in the Philadelphia Orchestra’s ongoing educational activities. Other 2017-18 engagements include a tour in Australia and New Zealand and sitting on the jury of the Bach Competition in Leipzig.

An avid writer, Hilary has posted journal entries for two decades on her website (hilaryhahn.com) and published articles in mainstream media. She is also active on YouTube (youtube.com/hilaryhahnvideos), Twitter and Instagram (@violincase). In 2001, she was named “America’s Best Young Classical Musician” by Time magazine; and in 2010, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. She was featured in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to The Village and has participated in a number of non-classical productions, collaborating on two records with the band ….And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, on the album Grand Forks by Tom Brosseau, on tour with Josh Ritter and on the entirely improvised album Silfra with experimental prepared pianist Hauschka.

Tracklist:

01. Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.6 : 3. Rondo (Allegro spirituoso)
02. Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 31 : 4. Finale marziale: Andante - Allegro
03. light moving
04. Bounce Bounce
05. Memory Games
06. Violin Concerto : Fly Forward
07. Concerto For 2 Harpsichords, Strings, And Continuo In C Minor, BWV 1060 - Arr. For Violin, Oboe, Strings & Continuo : 3. Allegro
08. Sonata for Violin Solo No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 : 4. Presto
09. Hilary’s Hoedown
10. Torua
11. Sonata for Piano and Violin in A, K.526 : 3. Presto
12. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH. 59 : III. Allegro vivacissimo
13. Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 : 3. Allegro molto
14. Violin Concerto, Op.36 : 3. Finale. Allegro
15. Impulse
16. Mercy