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Geneva Lewis: Barber, Zorn, Glass album review – virtuosity and warmth

The Guardian Culture Friday 02 October 2026, 06:00 UTC By Clive Paget 1 min read
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Lewis/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/New(Delos)The young New Zealand violinist has chosen an all-American programme for her label debut, and impresses with works by Barber, Zorn and GlassA former BBC New Generation Artist, violinist Geneva Lewis has chosen an all-American program for her Delos recording debut. She’s accompanied with palpable empathy by fellow New Zealander Gemma New conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Samuel Barber’s concerto receives an airy, poetic reading...

Lewis/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/New
(Delos)
The young New Zealand violinist has chosen an all-American programme for her label debut, and impresses with works by Barber, Zorn and Glass

A former BBC New Generation Artist, violinist Geneva Lewis has chosen an all-American program for her Delos recording debut. She’s accompanied with palpable empathy by fellow New Zealander Gemma New conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Samuel Barber’s concerto receives an airy, poetic reading with Lewis and New embracing the music’s lyrical pastoralism while pointing up the opening movement’s scotch snap. The ongoing Celtic motif is seized upon by the orchestra and pays off in a moto perpetuo conclusion that feels second cousin to a highland fling. Lewis’s tone is warm and full of feeling, aching in the allegro and andante, feisty and folkish in the finale.

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