A delicious program with Olga Gurevich, piano:
Näcken - Matthew Peterson (b.1984)
Devil's Trill Sonata - Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) transcribed by Kreisler
Rondo in C+, K.373 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Tambourin Chinois - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Nocturne and Cortège - Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
D'un Matin de Printemps - Lili Boulanger (1892-1918)
Nocturne - John Cage (1912-1992)
Loure and Gavotte en Rondeau - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) with piano accompaniment by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Deux Morceaux: Romance and Hongroise - Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
An imaginative array of virtuosic and beautiful gems, showcasing the violin's voice of many fascinating characters. Prepare to be transported into mythical worlds ... the violin's story-telling begins with a Swedish water-spirt who plays a magical but dangerous fiddle, and continues with the devil appearing in the composer's dream to play the most beautiful violin sonata ever heard; then, Mozart's operatic Rondo leaves the characters open to imagination; a spirited drum dances with pentatonic Chinese influence; a night-song, procession, and spring morning sound-painted by Lili Boulanger, one the 20th-century's most gifted yet relatively unknown composers; a meditative night-song by one of the 20th century's best know composer-philosophers; two dances from baroque times with added harmonies from the Romantic era; the programme closes with a romance and lively Hungarian dance. A delicious concert - to be enjoyed!