program notes {
Nicholas McGegan
For Nicholas McGegan's bio., please refer to
page 12.
Jo seph M eyer ho f f Sy m pho ny Hall
Off the Cuff:
The Bach Family
Ch r is Lee
Jonathon
Carney
Saturday, February 14, 2015 — 7p.m.
Nicholas Mcgegan, Conductor
Jonathan Carney, Violin
Madeline Adkins, Violin
Rui Du, Violin
Dariusz Skoraczewski, Cello
Emily Skala, Flute
Michael Lisicky, Oboe
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
Overture
Johann Christian Bach Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Violin and
Cello in C Major, C. 43
Allegretto
RUI DU
DARIUSZ SKORACZEWSKI
EMILY SKALA
MICHAEL LISICKY
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivace
Largo ma non tanto
Allegro
JONATHAN CARNEY
MADELINE ADKINS
Ca ssi dy D u h o n
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony in E-Flat Major, Wq 179 (H. 654)
Prestissimo
Larghetto
Presto
Concertmaster Jonathan Carney is in his
14th season with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
after 12 seasons in the same position with
London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
After completing his studies with Ivan
Galamian and Christine Dethier, he was
awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship to continue his studies in London at the Royal
College of Music. Solo performances have
included concertos by Bruch, Korngold,
Khatchaturian, Sibelius, Nielsen, the
Brahms Double Concerto and Vaughan
Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which was
featured as a live BBC broadcast from
London’s Barbican Hall. He has made a
number of recordings, including concertos
by Mozart, Vivaldi and Nielsen, sonatas
by Brahms, Beethoven and Franck, and
a disc of virtuoso works by Sarasate and
Kreisler with his mother Gloria Carney
as pianist.
Madeline
Adkins
Madeline Adkins
was appointed to the
position of associate concertmaster of the BSO by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov in 2005. She has
appeared frequently as soloist with the
BSO, performing works by Beethoven,
Vaughan Williams, Bach, Mendelssohn,
Mozart and Prokofiev. Ms. Adkins also
performs as concertmaster of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. She has served
as guest concertmaster of the Hong Kong
Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony,
and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
in Chicago, as well as concertmaster of
the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
under Seiji Ozawa.
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