Recital Repertoire 
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| A CONDUCTOR'S PRAISE |
July 17, 1997
Dear Lara,
Performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with you last night was truly a very special experience. You have such a depth of feeling and understanding for this music and a serious and deeply felt communication with both audience and musicians. I truly am looking forward to performing with you again at the soonest instant I can arrange.
Please stay in touch with me and let me know your progress, plans, etc. Ardyth and I enjoyed getting to know you on a personal level. This added to your collegial interchange with the apprentices in our program made your visit to this Festival truly memorable.
Affectionately,
Boris Brott
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| REVIEW OF THE DAY |
Bach: The Concerto Album. Lara St. John, violin; with the New York Bach Ensemble. (Allegro 131)
Strings Magazine, May 2002
Lately, folks are starting to take Lara St. John—the Canadian-born violinist that Fashion Toronto once called a "six-foot amazon with the waist-length, honey-blonde tresses"—much more seriously. Of course, St. John, a shrewd marketer as well as a gifted performer, has caused a storm of controversy, posing nude on the cover of her debut CD (her breasts were obscured by the violin) and often making suggestive comments in the press. A recent review of this CD prompted Gramophone to scoff that St. John (who appears vamping in heavy makeup and see-through dress in a booklet fold-out on a poster-size pin up) "has no need to engage in such ignoble marketing ploys" while praising her "silvery" tone, "fleet tempos," and remarkable technique. St. John’s approach to these demanding works is a combination of supple grace and power. There is so much joy in St. John’s performance (she plays exquisitely on the 1779 "Salabue" Guadagnini known as The Resurrection) that it would be a shame to dismiss her for being crass or just too darn cute. r.
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contact her manager 
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| Preferred Concertos |
| Bach, J.S. |
Concerto No. 1 in a minor, BWV
1041
Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 |
| Vivaldi |
"The Four Seasons",
op. 8, Nos. 1-4 |
| Haydn |
Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIa:
1 |
| Mozart |
Concerto No. 1 in Bb major, K. 207
Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211
Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 |
| Beethoven |
Concerto in D major, op. 61 |
| Bruch |
Concerto No. 1 in g minor, op.
26
Concerto No. 2 in d minor, op. 44 |
| Mendelssohn |
Concerto No. 1 in e minor, op.
64 |
| Saint-Saëns |
Concerto No. 3 in b minor, op.
61 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Concerto in D major, op. 35 |
| Wieniawski |
Concerto No. 2 in d minor, op.22 |
| Sibelius |
Concerto in d minor, op. 47 |
| Prokofiev |
Concerto No. 1 in D major, op.
19
Concerto No. 2 in g minor, op. 63 |
| Shostakovich |
Concerto No. 1 |
| Ernst |
Concerto in f sharp minor |
| Bartók |
Concerto No. 2 |
| Berg |
Concerto |
| Bernstein |
Serenade |
Double Concertos |
| Bach |
Concerto for two violins in d minor, BWV 1043
Concerto for violin and oboe in c minor, BWV 1060 |
| Mozart |
Sinfonia Concertante for violin
and viola in E flat major, K. 364 |
| Delius |
Concerto for violin and cello |
| Sarasate |
Navarra for two violins, op.
33 |
Other Concertos |
Britten, Glazunov, Goldmark, Korngold, Shostakovich No. 2, Elena Katz-Chernin Concertino, Montsalvage Concertino
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Pieces with Orchestra |
| Beethoven |
Romance in F major, op. 50 |
| Saint-Saëns |
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,
op. 28 |
| Bizet/Waxman |
Carmen Fantasy |
| Tchaikovsky |
Serenade Melancolique, op. 26
Waltz - Scherzo, op. 34 |
| Chausson |
Poeme, op. 25 |
| Ravel |
Tzigane |
| Rimsky-Korsakov |
Fantaisie de Concert, op. 33 |
| Sarasate |
Zigeunerweisen |
| Wieniawski |
Polonaise No. 1 in D major,
op. 21 |
| Vaughan-Williams |
The Lark Ascending |
| Bartók |
Rhapsody No. 1
Rhapsody No. 2 |
| Nielsen |
Romance |
| Stenhammer |
Romance, op. 28 |
| Bernstein |
Serenade |
| Gershwin |
Sweet and Lowdown (arr. William
Brohn)
I Got Rhythm (arr. William Brohn)
But Not For Me (arr. Jonathan Tunick) |
| Williams, John |
Three Pieces from Schindler’s
List |
Sonatas/Pieces: |
| Mozart |
(various) |
| Beethoven |
Sonata No. 3 in E flat major,
op. 12 No. 3
Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24
Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 30 No. 1
Sonata No.7 in c minor, op. 30 No. 2
Sonata No. 8 in G major, op. 30 No. 3
Sonata No. 9 in a minor, op. 47 — "Kreutzer"
Sonata No. 10 in G major, op. 96 |
| Schubert |
Rondo in b minor, D. 895 - op.70
Fantasy, D. 934 - op. 159
Duo in A major, D. 574 - op. post. 162
Sonatina No. 3 in g minor, D. 408 - op. post. 137 No. 3 |
| Schumann |
Sonata No. 1 in a minor, op.
105 |
| Franck |
Sonata in A major, M 8 |
| Liszt |
Duo Sonate in c sharp minor |
| Grieg |
Sonata No. 1 in c minor, op.
45 |
| Debussy |
Sonate |
| Sarasate |
(various) |
| Prokofiev |
Sonata No. 1 in f minor, op.
80
Sonata No. 2 in D major, op. 94bis |
| Strauss |
Sonata in E flat major, op.18 |
| Kreisler |
(various) |
| Bartok |
Second Sonata |
| Antheil |
Sonata No. 1 (1923) |
| Schoenberg |
Phantasy, op.47 |
Solo Sonatas |
| Bach |
Complete Solo Sonata and Partitas,
BWV 1001-1006 |
| Paganini |
Caprices, op. 1 (various) |
| Ysaye |
Solo Sonatas, op. 27, Nos. 1,
2, 3, 6 |
| Bartok |
Solo Sonata (1944) |
| Pepa, Michael |
Solo Sonata (1979) |
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| And lots and lots of chamber music |
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