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Bach, Jörg Widmann and Ravel
Pekka Kuusisto violin; Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Date
Mon 23 May 2016, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Pekka Kuusistoviolin
  • Nicolas Altstaedtcello

Programme

  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2)
        :
      • I. Capriccio
  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2)
        :
      • III. Petit ballet mécanique (Pas de deux)
  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2)
        :
      • IX. Lamento
  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2)
        :
      • VIII. Valse bavaroise
  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 1)
        :
      • XIII. Vier Strophen vom Heimweh
  • Jörg Widmann
    b. 1973
      • 24 Duos for violin and cello (Book 2)
        :
      • XI. Toccatina all’inglese

Encore

Overview

Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and former BBCNew Generation Artist Nicolas Altstaedt spanalmost three centuries of music for violin and cello.

A selection of Bach’s Two-Part Inventions areinterwoven with excerpts from Jörg Widmann’saphoristic 24 Duos for violin and cello, completedin 2008.

The programme is completed with Ravel’sSonata, dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy.

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