Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin
A note from the Maestro: Our second concert in the 130th Season Masterworks series focuses on orchestral Americana with compositional styles that are as wide-reaching as the American frontier. Dvořák is well known for the style in which he culls musical material from traditional folk sources, and the Symphony No. 8 is laden with tunes he heard while composing in America. The new violin concerto by Wynton Marsalis blends jazz, blues and other classic folk styles into a canvas of American life and dreams and, in the music of William Grant Still, we hear a composer influenced by melodies and motives from the black American community as he skillfully weaves this material into traditional symphonic forms.
Program
William Grant Still | Festive Overture
Wynton Marsalis | Violin Concerto in D major
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
About the Guest Artist:
Winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize, Concert Artists Guild Career Grant, Sphinx Medal of Excellence and featured in the Smithsonian Museum for African-AmericanHistory, KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS is a trailblazing and innovative violin soloist entrepreneur who has been acclaimed by the New York Times as “the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive,” for her “tonal mastery” (BBC Music Magazine) and as New York Times “New Yorker of the Year.”
DIGITAL ACCESS – Watch online!
Masterworks concerts will be available online for up to 2 weeks after the concert.
- Online-Only Subscription: $50 for season access.
- Subscriber Add-On: $25 per household for season access.
- Single digital ticket: $10 per household for concert access
- Digital Concert Release: November 21 – December 5, 2025
- Access our program book HERE