In 2015, for the Cabrillo Festival’s inaugural Donors Concert, Festival violinist Robert Simonds conceived and performed a solo violin recital for a core group of the Festival’s most ardent supporters, held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. This performance will be released in two segments.
PART I Program: Duration: 28 mins.
Kenji Bunch: Aria (1996)
Missy Mazzoli: Dissolve, O My Heart (2011)
Nico Muhly: Honest Music (2003)
Samuel Adler: Meadowmountetudes #1 (1996)
Daniel Gilliam: Music for Violin (2015)
PART II Program: Duration: 21 mins.
Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky (1945)
Mason Bates: Ford’s Farm (2013)
Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer: I lost My Life Savings in the Bitcoin Crash of 2014 (2015)
Kenji Bunch: Sarabande (2006)
