Artists
- Tasmin Little CBEviolin
- Piers Lanepiano
Archived Event
Bridge, Szymanowski, Bliss and Franck
Tasmin Little OBE violin; Piers Lane piano
- Date
- Sat 30 Sep 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Frank Bridge1879-1941
- Violin Sonata
- Karol Szymanowski1882-1937
- Violin Sonata in D minor Op. 9
Interval
- Arthur Bliss1891-1975
- Violin Sonata
- César Franck1822-1890
- Sonata in A for violin and piano
Encore
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- 21 Hungarian Dances WoO. 1:
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor
- Manuel Ponce1882-1948
- Estrellita
Overview
Tasmin Little and Piers Lane openwith Frank Bridge’s Violin Sonata,first performed at Wigmore Hallin 1934. They pair the composer’shighly sophisticated work withSzymanowski’s Sonata Op. 9,an early composition touched bythe influence of Skryabin.
Theirprogramme’s second half matchesArthur Bliss’s single-movementSonata with Franck’s evergreenSonata in A.