T H E   N E W B E R R Y   L I B R A R Y

60 West Walton Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610-7324
(312)943-9090

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 23, 2004

Contact:  Erika Hartings
Phone:  (312)255-3553
hartingse@newberry.org
www.newberry.org

TRACING THE ELUSIVE SCOTTISH STYLE IN BAROQUE MUSIC

CHICAGO--On Sunday, October 24, at 3 p.m., violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine will join the Temple of Apollo Ensemble for "Twixt Firths and Fancies," a rousing performance of Baroque Scottish music at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St.

"Twixt Firths and Fancies" will feature music written by Scottish composers such as William McGibbon (1696-1756), James Oswald (1710-1769), Niel Gow (1727-1807), Thomas Erskine, the sixth Earl of Kelly (1732-1781), and William Marshall (1748-1833).  The performance will also include works by Italian composers such as Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) and Francesco Veracini (1690-1768), who wrote music in the Scottish style.

Tickets are $35, but discounts are available for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, call the Newberry Library's Center for Public Programs at (312)255-3700.

Pine referenced the Newberry Library's rich early music collection in preparing this concert.  The Newberry's music collections include about 60,000 books, 80,000 scores, and 100,000 sheet music titles.  While the premier music collections at the Newberry excel for the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, strong holdings persist throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

A Chicago native, Pine began violin studies at age three and made her professional debut four years later.  She has appeared as soloist with many of the world's most prestigious ensembles and worked closely with many renowned conductors including Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Järvi, Semyon Bychkov and Placido Domingo.  Acclaimed collaborations include appearances with Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, William Warfield and Mark O'Connor.  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.

The Newberry Library is an independent library that is free and open to the public for research and reference in the humanities.  The Newberry offers a wide array of exhibits, lectures, classes and concerts related to its collections.