2015 Performances
Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Siljansnäs Church in Siljansnäs, Sweden 793 60
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin & Viola
Volkmar Zimmermann, Guitar
Karen Bentley Pollick från USA och Volkmar Zimmermann från Danmark ger en spännande konsert med musik av Christian Gottlieb Scheidler, Mauro Giuliani från 1700 talet och av nulevande tonsättare Kjell Marcussen, Stuart Diamond, John Oliver och Ole Saxe.
Karen uppför även violin solosviten “Human Rights Suite” av Ole Saxe med 6 stycken inspirerade av deklarationen för männskliga rättigheter:
Article 1: Born Free and Equal
Article 3: Right to Life
Article 4: No Slavery
Article 5: No Torture
Article 6: Recognition
Article 14: Asylum
Arrangör: Kulturbanken Siljansnäs http://
Christian Gottlieb Scheidler (ca 1752 – 1815) Sonata in D Major
Kjell Marcussen (b. 1952) Moments
#1 Break of Day
#2 The Garden
#5 At Sunset
Ole Saxe (b. 1952) Human Rights Suite for solo violin (2008)
Born Free and Equal Article 1
Right to Life Article 3
No Slavery Article 4
No Torture Article 5
Recognition Article 6
Asylum Article 14
Mauro Giuliani (1781 – 1829) Duo Concertante in E minor, Op. 25 (c. 1811)
Stuart Diamond (b. 1950) Sonatine (1994)
John Oliver (b. 1959)
Ornamental (2012)
A Dream of Africa for viola & guitar (2008)
Ole Saxe Faith (2000)
Review in the Dala-Demokraten
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 19:00
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Tallinn, Estonia
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin & Viola
Cantus in Memoriam Jascha Heifetz for solo violin (2001) by Anatolijus Šenderovas
Fantasy Piece for solo violin (2014) by Hsueh-Yung Shen
Cluck Old Hen Variations for solo violin (2004) by David Jaffe with Video by Fred Kolouch
To The Skies for solo violin (2011) by Gediminas Gelgotas with Video by Evaldas Arlauskas
Saar (Island) for violin and clarinet (1993) by Helena Tulve with clarinetist Helena Tuuling
Randaja laul/Wanderer’s Song for viola solo (2003) by Tõnu Kõrvits
The Forgotten Dialect of Autumn for violin and electronic sounds (2009) by Heather Stebbins
Foxfire for viola and electronics (2013) by Heather Stebbins
Mont Ararat for viola solo (2011) by Dominique de Williencourt
July 12 – 15, 2015
Czech Republic
American Spring Festival with Volkmar Zimmermann
Sunday, July 12, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
Mníšek pod Brdy, Baroque Site Skalka
Monday, July 13, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Praha, Přístav 18600 (Port 18600)
Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Písek, Concert Hall Trojice
Kjell Marcussen (b. 1952) Moments
#1 Break of Day
#2 The Garden
#5 At Sunset
Mauro Giuliani (1781 – 1829) Duo Concertante in E minor, Op. 25 (c. 1811)
Stuart Diamond (b. 1950) Sonatine (1994)
John Oliver (b. 1959)
Ornamental (2012)
A Dream of Africa for viola & guitar (2008)
Dominique de Williencourt (b. 1959) Mont Ararat for viola solo (2011)
Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969)Randaja laul/Wanderer’s Song for viola solo (2003)
Ole Saxe (b. 1952) Faith (2000)
July 18, 2015 20:00
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity in Druskininkai
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin & Viola
Music by Anatolijus Šenderovas, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, Gediminas Gelgotas, Ole Saxe, Henning Kraggerud, Unto Mononen, Tõnu Kõrvits & Dominique de Williencourt
Videos by Philip Van Keuren and Evaldas Arlauskas
The Programme
Cantus in Memoriam Jascha Heifetz for solo violin (2001) Anatolijus Šenderovas (b. 1945)
Serenity Diptychs for violin, tape and still images (2015) Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (b. 1973)
Photographic Imagery & Video by Philip Van Keuren, Visual & Digital Production by Melissa Tran
To The Skies for solo violin (2011) Gediminas Gelgotas, Video by Evaldas Arlauskas (b. 1986)
Uzupis Constitution Song for solo violin (2015), World Premiere, Ole Saxe (b. 1952)
No Slavery: Article 4 from Human Rights Suite for solo violin (2008)
B flat minor Postludium #10 (2014),Henning Kraggerud (b. 1973)
Satumaa/Fairtyale Land (1955), Unto Mononen (1930 – 1968)
Randaja laul/Wanderer’s Song for viola solo (2003), Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969)
Mont Ararat for viola solo (2011), Dominique de Williencourt (b. 1959)
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
ISAM at Landesakademie, Ochsenhausen, Germany
Trio of Trios
Piano Trios by Ofer Ben-Amots, Joseph Dorfman and Dmitri Shostakovich
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin
Marie Colombat, Cello
Alexander Trukhin, Piano