GRAEME JENNINGS - 50th Anniversary Recital Program

GRAEME JENNINGS – 5OTH ANNIVERSARY RECITAL Graeme Jennings - Violin Stephen Emmerson – Piano Tommaso Vitali – Chaconne in g minor (arranged Charlier, David, Auer) Maurice Ravel – Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert Johannes Brahms – Sonata No. 3 for Piano and Violin in d minor, Opus 108 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Un poco presto e con sentiment 4. Presto agitato Arvo Pärt – Fratres, for Violin and Piano Anthony Doheny – Serenade for Violin Graeme Jennings Australian violinist, violist, conductor, improviser, educator, Graeme Jennings, is a former member of the legendary Arditti String Quartet (1994-2005). He has toured widely throughout the world, made more than 80 CDs, given over 300 premieres and received numerous accolades including the prestigious Siemens Prize (1999) and two Gramophone awards. Active as a soloist, chamber musician, ensemble leader and conductor, his repertoire ranges from Bach to Boulez and beyond. He has worked with and been complimented on his interpretations by many of the leading composers of our time. Graeme is a member of Australia’s internationally acclaimed new music ensemble ELISION and the Kurilpa String Quartet. He has performed as Guest Concertmaster of the Adelaide, Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras and Guest Associate Concertmaster with the Sydney Symphony. In 2011 he was a founding member of the Australian World Orchestra. He has also appeared as guest artist with the Australian String Quartet, the Kreutzer Quartet, the New Zealand String Quartet and the del Sol Quartet. Having previously served on the faculties of Mills College, UC Berkeley and Stanford University, he was appointed Senior Lecturer in violin and viola at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in 2009. Stephen Emmerson Currently an adjunct professor at Queensland Conservatorium, Stephen Emmerson has maintained a busy career as pianist, chamber musician, teacher and scholar/researcher over many years. Until his retirement in 2020, he was on the Con’s full-time staff several decades. During these years he performed widely as pianist in concerts and festivals around Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia with many of Australia’s leading classical musicians. Perhaps most