Violinist Rabia Brooke brings her expressive playing to the CheckOut for an evening that bridges beloved classics with Giuseppe Tartini Devil's Trill, Leoš Janáček Violin Sonata, Johannes Brahms Sonata No 1 in G Major, Sarasate Carmen Fantasy paired with bold new sounds by Niloufar Nourbakhsh with the Chicago Premiere of The Intense Microsope that Sorrow Lends. Joined by Chicago pianist Nathanial Canfield, Brooke will explore a program that moves fluidly between lyrical beauty and exhilarating experimentation.

From time-honored favorites to freshly minted works, expect a performance that revels in contrast: intimate melodies alongside sharp-edged harmonies, familiar voices reframed in surprising ways.

‍

‍

World Premiere of Niloufar Nourbakhsh's The Intense Microscope That Sorrow Lends

J.S. Bach, Violin Partita no. 3 in E Major

Clarice Assad, Anthology of Emotions

Jennifer Higdon, Smokey Mountain Air

Nathan Milstein, Paganiniana

‍

In Nova Linea Musica's final concert of their inaugural season, Rabia will give the World Premiere of Chicago's celebrated Shawn Okpebholo Violin work, commissioned by NLM for this event and a special premiere from her recent commission by famed Australian composer Elizabeth Younan with And Like Seeds Dreaming Beneath the Snow. She will be joined on stage by In Triplicate Trio (Jasmine Lin Violin, Nate Farrington Bass, Clancy Newman Cello) as they perform works composed and arranged by the trio members.

‍

Rabia performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the North Bohemian Opera Ballet Orchestra during the ICWF with Benjamin Loeb conducting.

Nova Linea Musica Trio in Residence (Violinist Rabia Brooke, Cellist Sara Chong, and Pianist Lam Wong) will showcase a gem by Arno Babajanyan on NLM's Inaugural Season.

Rabia will also be performing Gÿorgy Ligeti: Hommage a Hilding Rosenberg for violin and cello with Alexander Hersh (1982)

Rabia will be joined by fellow Nova Linea Musica Artists in Residence to showcase works from Armenia, Mongolia, and Romania.

NLM Trio in Residence (Rabia Brooke Violin, Sara Chong Cellist, Lam Wong Pianist)

Arno Babajanian: : Piano Trio in F# Minor No. 3 (1952)

I  Largo-Allegro moderato
II Andante
III Allegro vivace

‍

Rabia Brooke performs with collaborative pianist, Nathan Canfield at Chicago's 4th Presbyterian Church Noonday Concerts

‍

Karol Szymanowski, Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 9

I.   Allegro moderato

II.  Andante tranquillo e dolce

III. Allegro molto, quasi presto

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 7 (“Eroica”) in C minor, Op. 30, no. 2

I.  Allegro con brio (C minor)

II. Adagio cantabile (A♭ major)

III Scherzo: Allegro - Trio (C major)

IV. Finale: Allegro; Presto (C minor)

‍