The Marin Symphony presents Bach's Brandenburg Concertos No. 1, 3, 4 and 5, plus two works by Arvo Pärt on March 4th and 6th, 2012. Maestro Alasdair Neale, concertmaster violinist Jeremy Constant and the orchestra bring Bach and Pärt side-by-side to the Symphony stage. Though his virtuoso performances take flight through his hands and the ex-Heberlein Stradivarius, donated to the San Francisco Symphony expressly for his use, music is not Jeremy’s only passion. Flying is a release for him. Discover more.

1. Jeremy Constant
Fresh. Local. Music.
59th Season | Maestro Alasdair Neale’s 10th Anniversary

2. FEATURED ARTIST & CONCERTMASTER,
JEREMY CONSTANT LOVES
MUSIC & FLIGHT
The Marin Symphony’s fourth program
in its 59th Season of Fresh Local Music
features concertmaster Jeremy Constant
Sunday, March 4, and Tuesday, March 6,
2012. Featured artist Jeremy Constant
is originally from Canada, where he won
the Grand Prize in the 1979 Du Maurier
competition. He has studied in New York
with Ivan Galamian and violinist Itzhak
Perlman. Jeremy moved to the San
Francisco Bay Area after participating in
the Carmel Bach Festival with Sandor
Salgo, founder of the Marin Symphony.
Featured Artist | Jeremy Constant, violin | Ingenious Interplay | Concert No. 4

3. BACH & PÄRT
Jeremy Constant expresses insights into the upcoming performance.
“ This concert is very unusual in that I’m a soloist on every
piece in the program, except one. I’ll be playing the
Brandenburg concerti and Arvo Pärt Fratres. It’s a very cool
piece. The Brandenburgs are really well known, well loved,
and immediately enjoyable pieces. The interesting thing
about the pairing of the Brandenburgs and the Fratres—the
Fratres is a very meditative piece. It’s extremely spiritual.
The connection is that Bach was first and foremost a
religious composer. The counterpoint and running lines of
”
Bach’s music can take you into that same head space.
Featured Artist | Jeremy Constant, violin | Ingenious Interplay | Concert No. 4

4. FLYING & MUSIC
ANOTHER SIDE OF JEREMY...
Though his virtuoso performances take flight through his hands and the ex-
Heberlein Stradivarius, donated to the San Francisco Symphony expressly for
his use, music is not Jeremy’s only passion. Flying is a release for him.
“ Because it’s so different. My flying friends seem
surprised that I like the engineering aspect of it,
the flight-testing aspect, the analytical aspect.
You do this and this will happen. It’s something
you can predict, and if you’re not getting the right
”
results, you’ve done something wrong.
Featured Artist | Jeremy Constant, violin | Ingenious Interplay | Concert No. 4

5. FLYING & MUSIC
“ That’s totally different than music.
Music is interpretive, creative,
generative… The whole idea is to
not do it like someone else has.
It’s a communicative process.
Ultimately you’re telling a story.
You want to affect someone’s
emotions. What I like about flying
is that it is tapping into different
parts of my personality,
”
different parts of my brain.
Featured Artist | Jeremy Constant, violin | Ingenious Interplay | Concert No. 4

6. FLYING & MUSIC
“ I have to say while in performance
you may be so nervous you feel
like you’re going to die, but it’s a
death you can live with. Flying is
an endeavor of real consequence.
I kind of like that. In music there
are many, many, many things that
are ambiguous — especially when
you play in an orchestra. It’s a
”
collaborative process.
Featured Artist | Jeremy Constant, violin | Ingenious Interplay | Concert No. 4

7. Jeremy
Constant Ingenious Interplay
PROGRAM 4
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3pm
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7:30pm
Alasdair Neale, conductor
Jeremy Constant, violin
Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5
Ar vo Pärt Fratres
Ar vo Pärt Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Britten
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Alasdair
Bach Arvo Pärt Neale
Photo: Matthew Washburn
Fresh. Local. Music.
Photo: James Hall