Master Classical Violinist Gil Shaham Releases Music to Drive Away Loiterers on April 1

It’s happening all around the world: train stations, shopping malls, and local governments have found themselves forced to turn to classical music in their efforts to keep loiterers at bay. As the Los Angeles Times reports, “Whether it’s Handel piped into New York’s Port Authority or Tchaikovsky at a public library in London, the sound of classical music is apparently so repellent to teenagers that it sends them scurrying away like frightened mice.” When Gil Shaham – hailed by Time magazine as “the outstanding American violinist of his generation” – heard the news he combed the catalog of his recording label, Canary Classics, to create Music to Drive Away Loiterers, the perfect compilation to deter anyone, which is due for U.S. release on April 1.

The concerned Grammy Award- and Avery Fisher Prize-winner explains:

“As a violinist dedicated to his art, I have always looked for ways to help the Greater Good. When I heard that classical music was being used to drive loiterers away, I knew I had finally found my calling. I hope people enjoy this album…or not. Whatever.”

Details of Music to Drive Away Loiterers follow below, and more information is available at the violinist’s website, www.gilshaham.com, and www.canaryclassics.com. High-resolution photos are available here.

Gil Shaham: Music to Drive Away Loiterers

Canary Classics

Single CD digipack

U.S. release date: April 1

Bizet (arr. Sarasate): Introduction from Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

  With Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León / Alejandro Posada

Fauré: Sicilienne Op.78; Fileuse Op. 80. No. 2 from Pelléas et Mélisande

   With Akira Eguchi, piano

Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat, Op. 20: iii. Scherzo

   With Sejong Soloists

Mozart: Sonata in E-flat, K. 302: ii Rondeau

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Prokofiev (trans. Heifetz): March from Love for Three Oranges

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Prokofiev: Andante from Five Melodies, Op. 35

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Chen/He: Theme from Butterfly Lovers Concerto

   With Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lan Shui

Sarasate: Navarra for 2 violins, Op. 33

   With Adele Anthony, violin; Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León/ Alejandro Posada

Edwards: Chorale from Maninyas

   With Adele Anthony, violin; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Arvo Volmer

Sibelius: 3rd movement from Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

   With Adele Anthony, violin; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Arvo Volmer

Williams: “Remembrances” from Schindler’s List

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Bloch: “Nigun” from Baal Shem

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Dorman: Scherzo from Nigunim (Violin Sonata No.3)

   With Orli Shaham, piano

Sarasate: Zapateado Op.23 No.2

   With Akira Eguchi, piano

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