Jonathan Wright
Violin and Chamber Music
I studied classical violin from an early age and perform regularly in orchestral, chamber and solo repertory. In Aberdeen, SD, I co-founded the Serenate Strings string quartet with violinist Barbara Pressler, violist Kregg Stovner, and ’cellist Suk-Kyung Moon. In Claremont, I play as second violinist in a faculty string quartet Euphoria at the Claremont Colleges (with violinist Rachel Vetter-Huang, violist Cythia Fogg, and ’cellist Thomas Flaherty) and in a violin-piano duo with Stephan Moss. On regular occasions, I also perform the Pomona College Symphony and with ad-hoc ensembles in the Los Angeles area.
Quartet Euphoria performance repertoire (2000-present)
Bartok String Quartets No. 1 (1909), No. 2 (1917), 3 (1924)
Bartok 44 duos
Beethoven String Quartets Op. 18 No. 5 in F; Op. 59 No. 3 in C; Op. 132 in A minor
Brahms Piano Quintet Op. 34 in F minor; String Quartet Op. 51 No.1 in C minor
Debussy String Quartet Op. 10
Dvorak Piano Quintet Op. 81 in A
Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 in E-flat
Mozart String Quartets K. 499 in D, K. 590 in F; Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
Prokofiev Duo for 2 violins
Schubert String Quintet D. 956 in C; String Quartet in D minor (Quartettsatz)
Schubert String Quartet D. 810 in D minor (Death and the Maiden)
Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44 in E-flat
Shostakovich Piano Quintet Op. 57 in G minor
Solo Recitals at the Claremont Colleges
Recital with Stephen Moss, Bridges Hall of Music - November 13, 2010
- Brahms, Sonata No. 2 in A major for violin and piano (1886)
- Nielsen, Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 35, for violin and piano (1912)
- Elgar, Chanson de Matin Op. 15 (1901) and Mazurka Op. 10 No. 1 (1899) for violin and piano
- Elgar, Sonata in E minor, Op. 82, for violin and piano (1918)
Recital with Stephen Moss, Balch Auditorium, Scripps College; November 13, 2009
- Mozart, Sonata in E-flat for piano and violin, K302 (1778)
- Faure, Sonata No.2 in E minor for violin and piano (1916-7)
Recital with Stephan Moss, Bridges Hall of Music – November 15, 2008
- Hindemith, Sonata in C for violin and piano (1939)
- Joseph Guy-Ropartz, Sonata no. 3 for violin and piano (1927)
- Hindemith, Sonata in E minor for violin and piano (1935)
- Walton, Sonata for violin and piano (1949)
Recital with Stephan Moss, Balch Auditorium, Scripps College – September 14, 2007
- Schubert, Sonatina No. 3 in G minor for violin and piano, D. 408 (1816)
- Nielsen Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 9 (1895)
Recital with Stephan Moss, Bridges Hall of Music – November 11, 2006
- Arnold Bax, Sonata No.2 in D for violin and piano (1915, rev. 1921)
- Prokofiev, 5 Melodies for violin and piano, Op. 35b (1925)
- Louis Vierne, Sonata in G minor for violin and piano, Op. 23 (1906)