COmpass REsonance: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE with Vadim Gluzman and CORE
April 3, 2027 @ 4:00 pm
$23 – $82.50
One of the world’s most famous violin soloists, “a musician’s musician,” Vadim Gluzman returns to perform with COmpass REsonance. The program begins with “Distant Light” Violin Concerto by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, a work Gluzman has performed all over the world to great acclaim. It is a significant work that uses modal and tonal building blocks to create something both new and ancient, a timeless work of power and beauty. Distant Light is aligned with our program’s theme, Message in a Bottle: the message coming from a distant land beyond the horizon. And what is the message? Across time and cultures we find our shared humanity.
Gluzman, born in Ukraine, spent his formative years studying the violin in Riga, Latvia, before coming to the United States for university studies. His career as one of the world’s top violin soloists includes historically informed Bach, monumental Romantic and post-Romantic violin concertos, chamber music, and a long list of world premieres by living composers. He will lead COmpass REsonance in a world premiere that begins the second half of this concert. After that we head to the 18th Century with a trio sonata by Heinichen, followed by the great Violin Concerto in E Major by J.S. Bach.
This program features Gluzman as soloist in two violin concertos, guest leader of CORE in a new work, and as chamber music collaborator in a trio sonata, along with violinist Zachary Carrettin, cellist Joseph Howe, and harpsichordist Mina Gajic.
Program:
“Distant Light” Violin Concerto by Peteris Vasks (b. 1946)
Intermission
World Premiere (new work to be announced)
Trio Sonata in C Minor, S258 by Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729)
Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo in E Major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Approximate run time: 90 minutes including intermission
Vadim Gluzman is one of the top concert artists in the world today, appearing as concerto soloist with every great orchestra, from the New York Philharmonic to the Berlin Philharmonic. One of his many unique qualities is how he approaches the music of J.S. Bach, using historical bows and an approach to style that is deeply rooted in Baroque performance practice. In 2025, he recorded The Complete Bach Violin Concertos with COmpass REsonance using period bows and harpsichord, released on London-based Onyx Classics label.
The continued collaboration with Mr. Gluzman has proven to be extremely artistically rewarding for CORE musicians, and this time, in addition to performing the work of Bach, CORE/Gluzman are presenting the world premiere of a new work, chamber music by Bach contemporary Heinichen, and the famous “Distant Light” Violin Concerto by Peteris Vasks.