Artists
- Gidon Kremerviolin
- Daniil Trifonovpiano
- Giedrė Dirvanauskaitėcello
Archived Event
Kreisler, Weinberg and Rachmaninov
Gidon Kremer violin; Daniil Trifonov piano; Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė cello
- Date
- Fri 12 Feb 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Fritz Kreisler1875-1962
- Preghiera:
- arrangement of themes from the 2nd mvt of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
- Mieczysław Weinberg1919-1996
- Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano Op. 53
- Sonata No. 3 for solo violin Op. 126
Interval
- Sergey Rachmaninov1873-1943
- Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor Op. 9
Encore
- 3 vesyolïye p'yesï (3 Merry Pieces):
- II. Let's Play an Opera by Rossini. Recitative - Allegro assai
Overview
Daniil Trifonov partners Gidon Kremer in Mieczysław Weinberg’s rarely heard Fifth Violin Sonata, written shortly after the persecuted composer’s release from Moscow’s notorious Lubyanka prison in 1953 and dedicated to his close friend Dmitry Shostakovich.
The duo is joined in the second half by Lithuanian cellist Giedre Dirvanauskaite to perform Rachmaninov’s Trio élégiaque No. 2, the composer’s response to the death of his friend and mentor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1893.