Homage to Fiddlers is the product of friendship and collaboration between Karen Bentley Pollick, Ivan Sokolov and Dennis Parker. Pollick and Sokolov first worked together as guest performers at the Seattle Chamber Players Icebreaker II: Baltic Voices Festival. Graduates of Indiana University, Pollick and Parker reunited in 2006 while performing in the Alys Stephens Center Chamber Music Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. The duo then toured throughout the Czech Republic where they performed Jan Vicar’s Homage to Fiddlers and discovered the music of Viktor Kalabis. In 2007 the trio assembled in Birmingham for an all-Sokolov concert comprised of his piano trio and string sonatas that share a similar opening motif.

Homage to Fiddlers is the sequel to our previous recording amberwood. We hope that you appreciate it as much as we enjoyed exploring these Russian and Czech musical gems.

Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor (2002) Ivan Sokolov (b. 1960)
I Moderato
II Adagio
III Sch