Baiba Skride violin; Lauma Skride piano

Performers

Baiba Skride

violin

Lauma Skride

piano

Programme

Mozart

Violin Sonata in Bb K454

Mendelssohn

Violin Sonata in F

Vītols

Romance

Prokofiev

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80

About this concert

Latvian sisters Baiba and Lauma Skride bring to London the music of their compatriot Jazeps Vītols, and couple it with violin sonatas from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Mozart’s and Mendelssohn’s sonatas remain among their least-known works but demonstrate all the mastery of their finest. Prokofiev’s sonata, his only major work conceived for violin and piano, was composed for the great David Oistrakh.