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Artist Lounge with Tessa Lark, violin

Tuesday, August 9 · 1-2 PM

THE ATKINSON ROOM

Violinist Tessa Lark, recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time. A budding superstar in the classical realm, she is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky. Since making her concerto debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at 16, Lark has appeared with dozens of orchestras, festivals, and recital venues including Carnegie Hall, Ravinia, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and Marlboro Music.

 

SUMMERFEST 2022 PERFORMANCES

 

OPENING NIGHT: Side by Side

Friday, July 29, 2022 · 7:30 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

VARIOUS
Variations in A Major on a Russian Theme

Blake Pouliot, Tessa Lark, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Jay Campbell, cello 

BACEWICZ
Quartet for Four Violins

Simone Porter, Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, Sophia Stoyanovich, violins

 

POINT COUNTERPOINT

Saturday, July 30, 2022 · 7:30 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

VALENTINI
Sonata for Two String Quartets and Double Bass “Enharmonic”

Simone Porter, Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, Francisco Fullana, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Johannes Moser, Jay Campbell, cellos; Doug Balliett, bass

HAYDN
String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 20, No. 5

Tessa Lark, Francisco Fullana, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Jay Campbell, cello

 

BEYOND BACH

Sunday, July 31, 2022 · 3 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

J.S. BACH
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Strings, BWV 1043

Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, solo violins; Francisco Fullana, Heejeon Ahn, Kathryn Hatmaker, Delphine Skene, violins; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Nathan Cottrell, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo; Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord

 

UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 · 7 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

VIVALDI
The Four Seasons

Tessa Lark, violin

 

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Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego

 

 

 

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