Her gifts are at a level so removed from the rest of us that all we can do is feel the
appropriate awe and then wonder on the mysteries of nature. The ancients would
certainly have had Ms. Chang emerging fully formed from some Botticellian scallop shell.
—The New York Times
Paganini
Cantabile in D Major, MS 109
attr. Vitali
Chaconne in G Minor
Bernstein
West Side Story Suite for Violin and Piano arr. D. Newman
Prokofiev
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 94a
Encore:
Gardel
“Por Una Cabeza”
When Sarah Chang last performed in Davis,
it was under the auspices of UC Davis
Presents, the Mondavi Center was still just
a dream and she was a stunningly talented
prodigy riding a wave of international
acclaim. Now recognized as one of the
world’s great violinists, with a résumé boasting appearances with the finest
orchestras, conductors and accompanists,
she joins us in a delightful recital program.
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