Projects - Janet Sung, violin

“The deeper the blue…” Album | SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings’ The Deeper the Blue offers an intriguing exploration of color and timbre in music and a revealing investigation of the connections between four very different composers over a near-100-year period. Taking its title from painter Wassily Kandinsky’s assertion that a deepening color ultimately “turns into silent stillness and becomes white”, the recording illuminates the intimate relationship between student and teacher: Vaughan Williams and Maurice Ravel, Kenneth Hesketh with Henri Dutilleux and the influence on Dutilleux of Ravel.

Repertoire:
Kenneth Hesketh Inscription/Transformation
Vaughan Williams Violin Concerto
Ravel Tzigane
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano in G

Performers:
Conductor Jac van Steen
Britten Sinfonia
Pianist Simon Callaghan

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“Edge of Youth” Album | Sono Luminus

Janet released her album “Sung Sessions: Edge of Youth” in collaboration with pianist William Wolfram under the Grammy-winning Sono Luminus Label. The album includes music for solo violin and violin and piano by Georges Enescu, Missy Mazzoli, Benjamin Britten, Dan Visconti, and Gabriel Prokofiev. The album was produced by Dan Merceruio and recorded, mixed and mastered by Daniel Shores, at Sono Luminus’ world-class studio, located in a former church in Boyce, Virginia.

Repertoire:
Britten – Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
Enescu – Impressions d’Enfance for Violin and Piano, Op. 28
Gabriel Prokofiev – “Sleeveless Scherzo” for Solo Violin (2007)
Dan Visconti – “Rave-Up” for Violin and Piano (2012)
Missy Mazzoli – “Dissolve, O my Heart” for Solo violin (2010)

Composers from Left to Right: Dan Visconti, Missy Mazzoli, and Gabriel Prokofiev

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Augusta Read Thomas Violin Concerto No. 4 (new commission for Janet Sung)
Described by The New Yorker as, “a true virtuoso composer,” Pulitzer Prize Finalist composer, Augusta Read Thomas, will be composing a new violin concerto for Janet.

For the past 30 years, Ms. Thomas has been writing for violin and for orchestra. She and Janet had the opportunity to get to know one another personally over the past few years and worked closely together on the premiere of her work Mansueto Tribute, “Double Helix” (2011). After the premiere of the work at the dedication ceremony of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago on October 11, 2011, Janet and Augusta were inspired to collaborate again. They are very excited to be working together on this new composition! Stay tuned for more details.