Rachel Barton Pine: Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries

September 15, 2022, 9:00 am

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Chicago-based violinist Rachel Barton Pine plays American composer Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Jonathon Heyward, on her new Cedille Records album, Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries. The new release marks the 25th anniversary of Pine’s pioneering 1997 Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries on Cedille. In addition to Pine’s 2022 recording of the Price concerto, the new album includes reissues of three performances from the earlier program, which Pine recorded with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Encore Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Hege.