Bernstein: Music for String Quartet Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lucia Lin, Natalie Rose Kress, Danny Kim, Ronald Feldman

• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990): Music for String Quartet (1936):
• 1Bernstein: Music for String Quartet (1936): I. Allegro Vivace07:32
• 2Bernstein: Music for String Quartet (1936): II. Andante (Tempo di Sarabande)03:25
• Aaron Copland (1900 . 1990): Elegies for Violin and Viola (1932):
• 3Copland: Elegies for Violin and Viola (1932)06:29
• Total Runtime17:26

Info for Bernstein: Music for String Quartet

Navona Records is proud to present MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET, the world premiere recording of renowned composer Leonard Bernstein’s long-lost work. Composed by an 18-year-old Bernstein during his studies at Harvard, the piece has been steadfastly shepherded from its re-discovery to this historic release by former Boston Symphony Orchestra Librarian John Perkel, and is performed here by Lucia Lin, Natalie Rose Kress, Danny Kim, and Ronald Feldman. “Movement I” and the newly-discovered “Movement II,” which was found within the U.S Library of Congress, are accompanied here by the seldom-recorded duo piece Elegies for Violin and Viola by composer Aaron Copland, a musical mentor, collaborator, and dear friend of Bernstein’s.

Lucia Lin, violin
Natalie Rose Kress, violin
Danny Kim, viola
Ronald Feldman, cello

Lucia Lin
has performed throughout the United States and internationally in a diverse multi-faceted career that spans solo engagements, orchestral concerts, chamber music performances, teaching, and collaborative efforts with both visual and performing arts. Her latest project, IN TANDEM, builds on Lin’s vision and curiosity to take performance, mentoring, and collaboration to new levels. ...

Natalie Rose Kress
Praised by the New York Times for her “splendid playing,” Natalie Rose Kress is a modern and period violinist based in Washington DC. Following three summers as a Tanglewood Fellow, she was awarded the Jules C. Reiner Violin Prize from the Tanglewood Music Center and performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, honoring Seiji Ozawa. ...

Danny Kim
A native of St Paul MN, violist Danny Kim joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2016-2017 season and was appointed 3rd chair of the viola section during the 2017-18 season. An avid chamber musician, Kim has performed with a number of different ensembles, and has even appeared on Sesame Street with conductor Alan Gilbert. ...

Ronald Feldman
Twice winner of the American Symphony League’s ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music and member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 34 years, Ronald Feldman has achieved critical acclaim for his work as conductor and cellist. John Williams, composer & Conductor Laureate of the Boston Pops Orchestra has called Feldman, “a brilliant conductor, who displays the best leadership qualities… an outstandingly high level of musicianship that imbues his conducting style with strength, taste, and imagination.” ...

John Perkel
As an orchestral librarian, John Perkel’s career spanned 35 years with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his role with the BSO, he served as the orchestra librarian for the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra for many summers. Following Perkel’s retirement in 2016, he initiated and has maintained a chamber music series at the Stockbridge MA Library. ...

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