Acclaimed Soloist Elizabeth Pitcairn Set to Perform Works From Academy Award Winning Scores with the Bucks County Symphony Orchestra: Film Soundtracks Emerge as Artist’s Muse

Violin virtuoso highlights Academy Award-winning soundtracks in highly anticipated East Coast concert.

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- ELIZABETH PITCAIRN, one of Americas fastest rising signature soloists, will appear with the Bucks County Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gary S. Fagin on Saturday Oct. 8 at the Central Bucks East School in Buckingham, PA at 8:00 P.M. Tickets at the door: $18.00 for adults, $15.00 for seniors, free for students.

Pitcairns program begins with Fritz Kreislers "Praeludium and Allegro" written in 1910 and featured in the 2002 French Canadian film, Cordes et Coeur" (Heartstrings) which highlights two violinists in key roles. The evenings repertoire includes John Coriglianos "Red Violin Chaconne" and the "Theme from Schindlers List" by John Williams, two dramatic pieces for which Pitcairn has received international recognition for her performances.

"The Red Violin" score from the movie of the same title took the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Score, as did Williams for "Schindlers List" in 1993, wherein violin soloist Itzhak Perlman's haunting melodies played a major role in Steven Spielbergs brilliant Holocaust drama.

What unites these varied works is that the scores and violin solos in particular have been so intricately woven into the films narratives, the music has emerged years later as one of the most compelling, if memorable elements in each film.

Of the three composers, perhaps Kreislers extraordinary career is not as well known. The Austrian-American violinist was born in 1875 and studied at conservatories in Vienna and Paris. Kreisler first appeared in the United States in 1889. After studying medicine and fine art for a time, he returned to his great love, the violin, causing a veritable sensation with a tour de force concert in Berlin in 1899. In 1901 Kreisler performed once again in America, by 1910, he had become the leading violin virtuoso of his time. He composed the operettas Apple Blossoms (1919) and Sissy (1933) as well as many famous violin pieces, including "Caprice Viennois" "Tambourin Chinois" and "Polichinelle Sérénade." In 1935 Kreisler finally let it be known that several of the pieces he had published as compositions of the old masters were actually his own.

From her home in Los Angeles, Pitcairn offered, I find it interesting that the Williams and Corigliano pieces were composed within four years of each other: Williams work was written in 1993, Coriglianos in 1997."

Pitcairn performs in partnership with the 1720 Red Mendelssohn Stradivarius, a rare violin that inspired the film "The Red Violin" which makes her performance of the piece that much more compelling. I am happy to see that new audiences are [anxious to see the film and explore it further after they hear the Chaconne" said Pitcairn. I feel like when I play Red Violin, the violin is haunted by [Annas soul. Its also very special that I have worked with Corigliano and Williams."

To request an interview with Elizabeth Pitcairn, contact Representative Suzanne Marcus-Fletcher.

For more information on the artist, please visit www.elizabethpitcairn.com Electronic photos available upon request.

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