Artwork – The bow and the brush
Albert-Marie Lebourg
(French, 1849-1928)
Bords de la Seine devant Notre Dame
Oil on canvas
Trevor Weston composed Notre Dame au milieu de l’eau et du ciel, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting.
Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
(French, 1841-1927)
Cour de Ferme, Breuillet
Pastel on paper, 1888
Jim Stephenson composed Guillaumin, a solo violin piece inspired by this pastel, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
(French, 1878-1952)
Le grand écart
Pastel on paper
Edmund Campion composed Le Grand Écart (the Splits), a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Elaine Pratt
(American, b. 1958)
Island
Oil on canvas, 2019
Maiya Hynninen composed Island, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Nikki Vismara
(American, b. 1980)
SFHP (IV)
Oil on canvas, 2019
Libby Larsen composed a The Only Way Through is Slow, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Victoria Veedell (American)
Into the Light
Oil on canvas, 2020
Cindy Cox composed Into the Light, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Danses
Lithograph on paper, 1898
Catherine Neville composed Danses, a solo violin piece inspired by this lithograph.
Premiered in a live-streamed recital for the Modesto Symphony on August 26th, 2020. The in-person premiere was at a Berkeley Symphony Chamber Concert at Piedmont Center for the Arts on April 10th, 2022.
Sean O'Donnell (American)
Allegro non trollop
Sculpture from a cello, 2020
Evan Price composed Blue Swan, a solo violin piece inspired by this sculpture, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Paul Gibson (American, b. 1957)
AB White
Oil on canvas, 2010
Michael Panther composed Oil on Canvas, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Nina Fabunmi (Nigerian- American)
In the Shallows
Oil on canvas, 2019
Linda Marcel composed Raven’s Dance, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Beth Davila Waldman (American)
Inevitible Entails series
Mixed media (photo transfer and acrylic), 2019
Dan Flanagan composed Inevitable Entails, a violin/cello duet, inspired by these paintings, premiered at Herbst SF Music Day on March 20th, 2022.
albert malet (french)
Path in winter, sunset
Oil on panel
Jessica Mays composed And miles to go…, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting.
Rachel Dwan (American)
Shadow Breaking
Oil on canvas
Nathaniel Stookey composed Shadow Breaking, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Robert Antoine Pinchon
(French, 1886-1943)
Bruxelles, pluie sur la Grand-Place
Oil on canvas, 1928
Jose Gonzalez Granero composed Cadenza II, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Paulémile Pissarro
(French, 1884-1972)
La maison du garde- forêt Normande
Oil on board, circa 1970
Catherine Neville composed Idyll, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting.
Jean-François Raffaëlli
(French, 1850-1924)
Une rue animée à l’automne
Oil on canvas, 1896
Dan Flanagan composed An Animated Street in Autumn, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered in a lived streamed recital for the Modesto Symphony on August 26th, 2020.
Jean-Louis Forain
(French, 1852-1931)
Couple au lit
Oil on canvas
David Mecionis composed Couple au lit, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Susan Bostrom-Wong (American)
Stepping Out
Oil on canvas, 2009
Jacques Desjardins composed Émergence, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Carrington Arredondo (American, b. 1953)
Grafica Primitiva
Mixed media collage on canvas, 2016
Emily Onderdonk composed Arredondo, a solo violin piece and a string trio inspired by this collage. The solo piece was premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Peter Canty (American)
untitled
Oil on canvas
Peter Josheff composed Same Old Sadness, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Paul Gibson (American, b. 1957)
Dan Flanagan #2
Mixed media on gator board, 2019
(acrylic, collage, graphite, brass screws)
Shinji Eshima composed The Collection, a solo violin piece inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Joaquin Turner (American)
Monterey Sentinels
Oil on board, 2021
Dan Flanagan composed Monterey Sentinels, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting, premiered at Opera America’s National Opera Center in New York City on October 3rd, 2022.
Sean O'Donnell (American)
Seduced by Syncopation
Sculpture series made from metronomes, 2021
Dan Flanagan composed “Timeless,” Rhapsody in Discomfort #6, a solo violin piece inspired by these sculptures.
Jennifer Perlmutter (American)
Cattails on the Waterfront
Oil on canvas
Dan Flanagan composed Perlmutter, a solo violin piece, inspired by this painting, commissioned by Gold Coast Chamber Players and premiered at Perlmutter Gallery on December 4th, 2021