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It will all come together at Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville Saturday
for a once-in-a-lifetime concert dubbed “3Bs.”
The North Carolina pianists will perform two Baroque concertos composed by J.S
Bach nearly 300 years ago specifically for three pianos and a supporting chamber orchestra — compositions that are both technically and logistically challenging
The pianists are 17-year-old Christopher Tavernier of Hendersonville
college professor Vance Reese of Asheville and acclaimed performer Jesse Davis of Fayetteville
Sponsored by the Music Foundation of Western North Carolina
the concert will be led by conductor Thomas Joiner
and proceeds will benefit the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra
In addition to Bach’s two three-piano concertos in D minor and C major (BWV 1063 and 1064)
the program will include the Hendersonville Chamber Orchestra performing Johannes Brahms’s 16 Waltzes Op
and Tavernier’s solo performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Waldstein/Piano Sonata No
The concert’s title is a play on the composers’ names all starting with the letter “B.”
Hendersonville’s Freeburg Piano company had three grand pianos custom-built in Europe by Perzina
a German company renowned for its rich history of making some of the finest pianos in the world
These three limited-edition pianos will eventually sell for “significantly more” than the normal Perzina piano
And adding yet another layer of authenticity to the concert
the pianos will be tuned about 12 times and to the technical standards of the Baroque (1600-1750) and Classical (1730-1820) musical periods
the music will be performed as it was originally meant to be heard
Lay listeners might not hear the difference in the tuning
but trained musicians will appreciate the fine tuning
Tavernier is the youngest of the three pianists
but the high school junior has already made his musical mark in the region
This summer he performed with the Brevard Music Center orchestra in the Summer Institute’s “Soloists of Tomorrow” as one of the six concerto competition winners
competing with students from throughout the country
he won the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and Asheville Symphony’s Concerto Competition; the junior division of the Charlotte Symphony’s Concerto Competition; and the Concerto Competition of the Symphony Orchestra of Augusta
he placed second in the National Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition in Kingsport
Tennessee as the youngest performer in the history of the competition
Tavernier made his orchestral debut with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra at age 13
performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No
Davis performs with a bravura and technical mastery that brings audiences around the world to their feet
He is the music director of First Baptist Church of Pinehurst and teaches privately all levels of talent
he often plays with orchestras and gives recitals in the United States and Europe
He is the winner of the 2001 Vienna International Pianists Academy
the 1998 Greensboro Music Teachers Association
the 1995 Raleigh Symphony Concerto Competition
and 1993 Tar River Symphony Concerto Competition
He won third prize at the First International Piano Competition in Sant’Agata Li Battiati
and was a Semifinalist Prize at the 2004 New Orleans International Piano Competition
His performances with orchestras include the Dnipropetrovs’k Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Lugansk State Philharmonic Orchestra
Reese has been working as a musician in the greater Asheville area since 1996
Currently he warms the pavement by working in the Brevard College music department as an accompanist and teacher
the Asheville Symphony Orchestra as co-principal double bassist and at Christ School in Arden as chapel organist
he has served as the principal cantor for the High Holiday services at Congregation Beth Ha Tephila
working with the Asheville Lyric Opera and other companies
known among other things for comedic musical events and Gilbert & Sullivan operettas
He has worked with as the accompanist for the Asheville Symphony Chorus and Asheville Choral Society
This year marks the 15th year of his accompanying flute recitals at Wildacres Flute Retreat
keep him from getting too mental by watching musicals and Star Trek episodes
He warns the neighborhood when he practices the accordion