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Brahms
Michael Barenboim violin; Denis Kozhukhin piano
Date
Sun 27 Dec 2015, 11.30am
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Michael Barenboimviolin
  • Denis Kozhukhinpiano

Programme

  • Johannes Brahms
    1833-1897
      • Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78
      • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100
      • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

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Overview

Brahms wrote his first violin sonata, a work ofextraordinary lyrical beauty, in 1878 in the resorttown of Pörtschach. He returned to the genre almosta decade later, embarking on two further works by theshore of Lake Thun in Switzerland.

Michael Barenboimand Denis Kozhukhin survey the three compositions,exploring the composer’s spellbinding economy ofexpression and gorgeous melodic invention.

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