Jennifer Pike violin; Martin Roscoe piano

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Chopin, Debussy, Kreisler and more

Date: Sat 24 Oct 2020, 7.30pm
Duration: This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

Jennifer Pikeviolin
Martin Roscoepiano

Programme

Krzysztof Penderecki
1933-2020
- - Capriccio for solo violin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
- - Violin Sonata in G major K301

Fritz Kreisler
1875-1962
- - Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

Fryderyk Chopin
1810-1849
- - Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60

Claude Debussy
1862-1918
- - Violin Sonata in G minor

Miklós Rózsa
1907-1995
- - Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song Op. 4

Encore

George Gershwin
1898-1937
- - Porgy and Bess
    :
  - It Ain't Necessarily So (arranged by Jascha Heifetz)

Overview

Jennifer Pike’s international career was launched in 2002 with her BBC Young Musician of the Year win. She joins regular accompanist Martin Roscoe for a programme which ends with Miklós Rózsa’s variations which boldly project the composer’s Hungarian folksong inheritance.

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2020/21 Season September - December