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Published on 04/05/1999 All articles from this issue

Violinist Stoner returning to Stanford this Saturday

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Town Crier Staff Report

Returning to his alma mater, violinist Martin Stoner will present "Unaccompanied Violin Works from Three Centuries" at 8 p.m., Saturday in Stanford University's Campbell Recital Hall.

Stoner will perform pieces by J. S. Bach, Paganini, Barber, Kreisler, Prokofiev, Debussy and Ysaye. An alumnus of both Stanford and Juilliard, Stoner won the 1997 Artists International Auditions in New York.

Having played in both New York and London, including a solo appearance at Carnegie Recital Hall, Stoner will present music by composers that span three centuries.

Paganini's music, from the standpoint of sheer technical mastery, is considered to be the most difficult written for solo violin. His Caprices were a source of musical inspiration for Brahms, Schumann, and Liszt.

Prokofiev described himself as a composer of classical works, akin in form and innovation to masters such as Mozart and Haydn. Stoner will play his "Sonata for Violin Solo," which was composed in 1947.

Accompanying Stoner in some pieces will be pianist Richard Shirk, who has performed with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and has appeared at the Long Island Beethoven Festival, the Bar Harbor Festival, the National Arts Club, Harvard University and New York University.

Tickets, $12 general and $6 students, are available at the Stanford Ticket Office and at the door. For tickets and more information, call 725-2787.