Duo K2: Von Corelli bis Mozart - Violinsonaten aus zwei Jahrhunderten

In the organizer's words:

Duo ^K2 with Kai von Känel (violin) and Rüdiger Klein (piano) present a varied program that traces the stylistic development of the violin sonata from the Baroque to the Viennese Classical period. The program begins with Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata No. 7 - a typical example of the Baroque sonata da camera with a dance-like structure and expressive melody. This is followed by Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonata No. 3, in which violin and harpsichord enter into an artistic musical dialog - an early masterpiece of equal chamber music. Joseph Haydn's Sonata in E flat minor marks the transition to the classical period: in it, the piano increasingly appears as an equal partner, the structure becomes freer and the expression more differentiated. The finale is Mozart's Sonata No. 21, his only violin sonata in a minor key. The two-movement work impresses with its particular seriousness and emotional depth, which is often associated with the death of Mozart's mother.