“From Paris to Vermont: A Musical Lineage 75 Years in the Making” with Deborah Buck and Orli Shaham

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.13.1″] From Paris to Vermont — A Musical Lineage 75 Years in the Making This program explores the rich compositional legacy connected to Kinhaven’s co-founder, Dorothy Dushkin, her brother-in-law—violinist and arranger Samuel Dushkin— and a circle of musicians who studied in Paris under the legendary Nadia Boulanger. This recital includes fun music by Stravinsky, Copland, Gershwin, Caroline Shaw, and a few other American composers that are closely connected to this legacy. Aaron Copland Two Pieces for Violin and Piano (1926) I. Ukulele II. Nocturne Lili Boulanger D-un Matin de printemps (on a spring morning) (1917-1918) Dorothy Dushkin Berceuse for Nadia (1949) Bruce Adolphe Fantasia on Beethoven’s Spring Sonata (commissioned by Deborah Buck in 2020) Allen Shawn Winter Sketchbook IV. Presto (1989) Alex Robertson Canzonetta (2025) Max Grafe Fire on the Mountain (commissioned by Deborah Buck in 2026) Nicolas Scherzinger Rain for days and days (commissioned by Deborah Buck in 2026) George Gershwin/Samuel Dushkin Short Story (1925) Caroline Shaw Broad and Free (2017) Igor Stravinsky/Samuel Dushkin Divertimento IV. b) Variation & c) Coda (1932) with Deborah Buck, violin, and Orli Shaham, piano Biographies Violinist Deborah Buck has been hailed by The Strad for her “surpassing degree of imagination and vibrant sound.”