The Stradgrass Sessions

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Release Date: 5th May 2023
Catalogue No: FHR100
Label: First Hand
Length: 51 minutes

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Critics' Choice 2023

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Lark, T: Jig and Pop

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Tessa Lark

Lark, T: Chasin’ Skies

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Tessa Lark, Sierra Hull

Lark, T: Le Soka – Cheese in the Wine

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Tessa Lark

Meyer, E: Concert Duo for Violin & Double Bass: Movement 1 & Prequel

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Tessa Lark, Edgar Meyer

Concert Duo for Violin and Bass

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Concert Duo for Violin and Bass

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

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Sonata for Solo Violin No. 5: L'aurore

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Sonata for Solo Violin No. 5: Danse Rustique

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Lark, T: Hysedelje

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Cleveland, M: Lazy Katie

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Tessa Lark, Michael Cleveland

Corigliano, J: Stomp

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Tessa Lark

Bartók: 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104, Sz. 98 (extracts)

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Tessa Lark, Sierra Hull

Rutén Kolomejka (Ruthenian Kolomejka)

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Pizzicato

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Szerb Tánc (Serbian Dance)

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Foster, S: Meditation on ‘My Old Kentucky Home’

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Tessa Lark, Jon Batiste

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'The Stradgrass Sessions' is the long-awaited album from American violinist Tessa Lark. A recording in which Lark invited multi-Grammy award winners to join her on a recording of violin exploration through classical, folk and jazz. The album also includes the premiere recording of John Corigliano's STOMP.

Featuring: Jon Batiste piano ? winner of five Grammy Awards in 2022 including Album of the Year for his album 'We Are' Michael Cleveland fiddle ? 2020 Grammy Award winner Sierra Hull mandolin ? 2017 Grammy Nomination for Best Folk Album Edgar Meyer double bass ? Winner of 5 Grammy Awards including Best Folk Album

'This album is a snapshot of the way I live in music. Diversely; organically; intimately; sometimes collaboratively, sometimes solitarily; always sincerely; and anywhere, be it a concert hall or home studio.

Stradgrass is the exploration of the violin's stylistic capabilities, through various American folk styles, from a Classical lens.

The word 'Stradgrass' first came about in 2015, from the novelty of performing Bluegrass on the Stradivari I was playing at the time: the 1683 ex-Gingold violin, on loan to me until 2018 as a result of my silver medal finish at the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Hearing Bluegrass played on a Strad is unusual, unfortunately, so I thought it warranted its own term. The word has caught on in the social media world and seems to succinctly encapsulate what one might partly expect from a recital of mine.

Stradgrass seems to be a type of musical exploration that is becoming more common within Classical violin training, and I hope this album will further encourage us all to continue that direction.' Tessa Lark

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