Internationally Acclaimed Concert Violinist

The major work of the first half was Charles Ives’ Piano Trio, an infrequently performed work and not so easy to hear. One must, truly, be in a special groove for this piece. It was wonderfully and helpfully introduced by violinist Rachel Barton Pine substituting for Anthony Marwood, who was unable to attend the festival. Here modern harmonies joust with protestant hymn tunes, separated with Ives in a more lighthearted manner.

Taking a break from a demanding 2026 tour schedule of classic repertoire, Rachel Barton Pine dropped in on the Los Alamos Concert Association in New Mexico with a recital of selections from her Blue Dialogues: Music By Black Composers album.

Pine made her return to Madison, Wisconsin performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto, a piece that bridges the worlds of classical music and Hollywood film scores.

“It has so much color and excitement,” said Pine. “It sounds like it could be telling a story and in fact, he took parts of the concerto and recycled them into four different films, one of which won an Oscar.”

The famed violinist returns to the Midday to tell listeners about performing one of the 20th century’s greatest works–the Violin Concerto of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The composer wrote some of Hollywood’s most enduring film music.

Review: Rachel Barton Pine - and Tuvan throat-singing - at Summermusik