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Rachel Barton Pine, violin
John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba
David
Schrader, harpsichord
Recent and Current
In June, 2008, Trio Settecento played recording sessions for the second in a projected series of CDs on Cedille Records. The disc features baroque sonatas by J. S Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Schmelzer and others, and is scheduled for release in August of 2009.
Trio Settecento will return to New York City on December 7, 2009 for a performance on the prestigious Miller Theater series at Columbia University.
Biography
The members of Trio Settecento came together in 1996 to record
the complete violin sonatas of George Frederick Handel. Since
the release of that critically acclaimed disc, the Trio has
been heard in recitals throughout the Midwest. Performing on
instruments of rare beauty and expressive power, the three virtuosi
breathe life into musical masterpieces that capture the dramatic
intensity of the Italian Baroque, the poetic gestures of the
French school, and the profound humanism of J. S. Bach, Mozart
and Beethoven. Trio Settecento's passionate and authoritative
interpretations renew the pleasures of hearing beloved music
from the Age of Enlightenment while also revealing the delights
of new discoveries. Their imagination, vigor, technical polish,
and historical insight have made the Trio's performances appealing
to audiences and critics alike. All three members of Trio Settecento
are dedicated pedagogues. The trio regularly teaches workshops
including an annual Baroque Festival at The Music Institute
of Chicago.
The Trio made its New York City debut at The Frick Collection in August, 2006. The concert was recorded for broadcast on WNYC, and reviewed by The New York Times.
(Click on the links to hear the broadcast and read the review.)
Trio Settecento appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival on June 15, 2007.
In 2007, Cedille Records released the first of a projected series of CDs by Trio Settecento. The disc, entitled "An Italian Sojourn," features baroque sonatas by Castelllo, Stradella, Corelli, Veracini and others.
A passionate musician, American violinist Rachel Barton Pine has devoted her life to music. A former prodigy with an active
performing career since age seven, she has appeared as soloist
with many of the world's most prestigious ensembles and worked
closely with many renowned conductors including Zubin Mehta,
Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Jarvi, Semyon Bychkov and Placido Domingo.
Acclaimed collaborations include appearances with Daniel Barenboim,
Christoph Eschenbach and Mark O'Connor. She has been involved
in historically informed performances of baroque and classical
repertoire since age 14, including collaborations with David
Douglass, Elizabeth Wright, Marilyn McDonald and the Chicago
Baroque Ensemble.
Ms. Pine's 2004-2005 season began in June with her return to
the Marlboro Music Festival, followed by engagements with the
Philadelphia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit and the Grant Park
Orchestra with Carlos Kalmar. In October, Ms. Pine performs
on Minnesota Public Radio's Saint Paul Sunday Morning playing
the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas's Rush, written for
the artist. Recital appearances include Reno, NV and the Supreme
Court in Washington, DC. Ms. Pine also appears as soloist with
the Tucson, New Mexico, Elgin, Puerto Rico, Southwest Michigan,
Valdosta, Rockford, and Coeur D'Alene Symphonies and Illinois
Philharmonic. In April 2005, Ms. Pine tours with the West Virginia
Symphony in performances of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
Ms. Pine's latest disc, Solo Baroque, highlights two of Bach's
masterpieces for unaccompanied violin, along with key works
by Biber, Westhoff and Pisendel. Released in September 2004,
it is her sixth album with Cedille Records. Her next release
in spring 2005 includes Bruch's Scottish Fantasy with the Scottish
Chamber Orchestra. A recording of Brahms and Joachim Concertos
in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor
Carlos Kalmar was released in June 2003. Featuring performances
of both Joachim's and Ms. Pine's own cadenzas, the album was
nominated for a 2004 GRAMMY Award as "Best Engineered Album,
Classical."
Ms. Pine holds prizes from several of the world's
leading competitions, including a gold medal at the 1992 J.S.
Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig, Germany. She
was the first American and youngest person to ever win this
honor. In June 1996, Ms. Pine was one of the torchbearers in
the Olympic torch relay and has performed her own arrangement
of the national anthem at Chicago Bulls playoff games and the
Democratic National Convention in Chicago. She was featured
on CBS Sunday Morning and has twice appeared on the Today show.
Ms. Pine was named "Classical
Entertainer of the Year" at the 2003 and 2004 Chicago Music
Awards.
When performing with Trio Settecento, Rachel Barton Pine
plays a rare 1770 Nicola Gagliano violin in original, unaltered
condition. A Chicago native, Ms. Pine began violin studies at
age three and made her professional debut four years later.
She currently resides in Chicago with her husband.
John Mark
Rozendaal specializes in teaching and performing stringed instrument
music from the Baroque and Renaissance eras. As founding Artistic
Director of Chicago Baroque Ensemble, JMR performed and led
seven seasons of subscription concerts, educational programs,
radio broadcasts, and recordings for the Cedille and Centaur
labels. Rozendaal served as principal 'cellist of The City Musick,
and Basically Bach, has performed both solo and continuo roles
with many period instrument ensembles, including the Newberry
Consort, Orpheus Band, and the King's Noyse/Boston Early Music
Festival Violin Band, Parthenia, The New York Consort of Viols,
and the Catacoustic Consort. JMR performs as a member of Trio
Settecento with violinist Rachel Barton and harpsichordist David
Schrader; and with The Empire Viols. Mr. Rozendaal's viola da
gamba playing has been praised as "splendid" (Chicago
Tribune), and "breathtaking" (Sun-Times). JMR is Artist-in-Residence
at the Harvey School, a college preparatory school located in
Katonah, New York; and director of the Viola da Gamba Dojo classes
meeting in Manhattan and at the Harvey School. Mr. Rozendaal
performs on a rare viola da gamba made by William Turner in
1650, and an 18th-century Tyrolian violoncello.
Equally at home
in front of a harpsichord, organ, piano, or fortepiano, David
Schrader is "truly an extraordinary musician
... (who) brings not only the unfailing right technical approach
to each of these different instruments, but always an imaginative,
fascinating musicality to all of them" (Norman Pelligrini,
WFMT, Chicago). A performer of wide ranging interests and accomplishments,
Mr. Schrader has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed at
the prestigious Irving Gilmore Keyboard Festival (performing
separate concerts on organ, harpsichord and clavichord), and,
at the Ravina Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, Oulunsalo
Soi Music Festival in Oulu, Finland, the Michigan Mozartfest,
the Connecticut Early Music Festival, the Manitou Music Festival,
and as soloist and conductor at the Woodstock Mozart Festival.
A
resident of Chicago, Mr. Schrader leads an active musical life
at home performing regularly with Music of the Baroque, the
Newberry Consort, and Bach Week in Evanston. Mr. Schrader has
appeared with Chicago Chamber Musicians, Contemporary Chamber
Players, Chicago Baroque Ensemble, and The City Musick. He is
a frequent guest on WFMT radio (Chicago) on recordings and in
live broadcasts as part of WFMT's "Live From Studio One" programming.
Mr. Schrader has many releases on the Cedille label, on organ,
harpsichord and fortepiano.
Mr. Schrader is on the faculty of
Roosevelt University for performance and academic studies, and
for 20 years, he has been the organist of the Church of the
Ascension in Chicago.
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