Roots Randall Goosby

• Xavier Dubois Foley (b. 1994): Shelter Island:
• 1 Foley: Shelter Island 05:14
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932 - 2004): Blue/s Forms:
• 2 Perkinson: Blue/s Forms: I. Plain Blue/s 02:05
• 3 Perkinson: Blue/s Forms: II. Just Blue/s 03:03
• 4 Perkinson: Blue/s Forms: III. Jettin' Blue/s 02:54
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): Porgy and Bess:
• 5 Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Summertime (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)p 02:01
• 6 Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano) 01:49
• 7 Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano) 02:41
• 8 Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano) 03:36
• William Grant Still (1895 - 1978): Suite for Violin and Piano:
• 9 Still: Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer 04:43
• 10 Still: Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child 07:20
• 11 Still: Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Garmin 02:14
• Florence Price (1887 - 1953):
• 12 Price: Adoration 03:38
• 13 Price: Fantasie No. 1 in G Minor 04:44
• 14 Price: Fantasie No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor 05:28
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912): Deep River:
• 15 Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River (Arr. Maud Powell for Violin and Piano) 04:33
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120:
• 16 Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120: I. Allegro risoluto 06:08
• 17 Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120: II. Larghetto 04:17
• 18 Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace 03:01
• 19 Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120: IV. Finale. Allegro 06:10
• Total Runtime 01:15:39

Info for Roots

Der aufstrebende Star-Geiger Randall Goosby veröffentlicht sein Debütalbum „Roots“ – eine Hommage an die Pioniere der Musik, die ihm den Weg geebnet haben; inspiriert von der afroamerikanischen Kultur und ihren Musikern. Das Album präsentiert unter anderem Musik des bekannten Komponisten Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson sowie Weltersteinspielungen der Werke von Florence Price, die erste afroamerikanische Frau, deren Musik 1933 von einem großen US-Orchester aufgeführt wurde. Weitere Highlights bietet das Repertoire mit einem neuen Arrangement von George Gershwins „Porgy and Bess“ aus der Feder Jascha Heifetzs sowie der „Sonatina“ des tschechischen Komponisten Antonín Dvořák, die von Spirituals und den Melodien der Ureinwohner Nordamerikas inspiriert ist. Außerdem erfährt das von Bluegrass- und R&B-inspirierte Stück „Shelter Island“ seine Weltpremiere – ein nie zuvor veröffentlichtes Stück, das Goosbys langjähriger Freund Xavier Foley über einen gemeinsamen Trip nach Shelter Island, New York komponierte. Mit seiner sprühenden Begeisterung für die Violine will Randall Goosby jungen Menschen zeigen, dass Musik unabhängig von ihrer Herkunft inspirieren kann. Mit der Veröffentlichung von Roots würdigt er den immensen Einfluss der Werke schwarzer und weiblicher Komponisten im letzten Jahrhundert: eine Hommage an ihr Leben, ihre Erfahrungen und ihre Hingabe zum Schaffen dieser Kunst.

Randall Goosby, Violine
Zhu Wang, Klavier
Xavier Dubois Foley, Kontrabass

Randall Goosby
American violinist Randall Goosby first performed as soloist with orchestra at the age of nine, with the Jacksonville Symphony. When he performed with the New York Philharmonic on a Young People’s Concert at Avery Fisher Hall at the age of thirteen, The New York Times raved that he “exerted a masterly level of control and lavished an exquisite tone…his performance won him a deserved standing ovation for its sheer virtuosity.” Upcoming appearances include the Bach Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, and he has previously performed as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Buffalo, Rochester and Orlando Philharmonics, and the symphonies of Nashville, Memphis, Grand Rapids, Albany (GA), Adelphi (NY), Arkansas, Modesto, South Bend and New World.

In addition to formal concerts, Mr. Goosby shares his love of music in outreach programs for public schools, children’s hospitals and music programs across the country. He is currently on faculty at Opportunity Music Project, a nonprofit organization which provides free lessons, instruments and mentoring for children from low-income families in New York City, and gives performances through Concerts in Motion, another NYC-based nonprofit which provides private house concerts for elderly and otherwise homebound patrons.

Mr. Goosby won First Prize in the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions as well as the Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize, Harriman-Jewell Series Prize, Vancouver Society Prize, The LP Classics, Inc. Debut Recording Prize and the Sander Buchman Prize, which provides major support for his New York debut.

At thirteen, Mr. Goosby was the youngest recipient ever to win the Sphinx Concerto Competition, which led to an invitation by Tony-nominated actor Delroy Lindo to perform at the 18th MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala in Beverly Hills. He also received Sphinx’s Isaac Stern Award, and made two appearances at Carnegie Hall as part of the organization’s Young Artist Development Program. He has participated in The Perlman Music Program’s Chamber Music Workshop, been featured on National Public Radio’s “From the Top,” and been honored as Rising Star of the Stradivari Society.

Randall Goosby began violin studies at the age of seven. He received a full scholarship to The Juilliard School’s Pre-College program, continued at Juilliard as an undergraduate student of Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree there on a Kovner Fellowship there under the tutelage of two YCA alumni, Donald Weilerstein and Laurie Smukler. Mr. Goosby plays a Guadagnini violin on loan from The Juilliard School.

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