Daniel Lozakovich, Violin
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
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Performers
Daniel Lozakovich, Violin
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Program
GRIEG "Solveig’s Song" from Peer Gynt
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
R. SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1
FRANCK Violin Sonata
Encores:
BRAHMS Scherzo from "FAE" Sonata
KOSMA Improvisation on "Autumn Leaves"
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.Salon Encores
Join us for a free drink at a post-concert reception in Weill Recital Hall’s Jacobs Room.
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At a Glance
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”
The bravura “Kreutzer” is the last of nine sonatas for violin and piano that Beethoven composed between 1797 and 1803. (Another nine years would elapse before he wrote his 10th and final violin sonata.) By rights, it should be called the “Bridgetower” Sonata, since Beethoven wrote it for the celebrated English violinist George Bridgetower. After the two men had a falling out, however, the composer switched the dedication to French virtuoso Rodolphe Kreutzer—who, ironically, never played it in public.
FRANCK Violin Sonata in A Major
The luxuriantly romantic Violin Sonata in A Major is considered by many to be Franck’s masterpiece. Composed for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, it has been enthusiastically appropriated by cellists, violists, and flutists. The sonata’s centerpiece is a freely declamatory slow movement in which the two players meditate upon previously presented material.
R. SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105
Schumann seems to have rediscovered the violin in the last half-dozen years of his life. The first of three violin sonatas written in the early 1850s, his A-Minor Sonata is a winning combination of passionate intensity and gentle lyricism.