Kammermusik der Spät-Romantik

The Dynamic Duo, the New Zealand violinist Olivia McNeill and the Irish pianist Shane Fee, offer a varied and exciting program, with the great sonata by Gabriel Fauré, a masterpiece of French chamber music. In addition, rarely heard works by Frank Bridge and Enrique Granados, which show a strong influence of French Impressionism.

PROGRAM

Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)

Short pieces for Violin and Piano

I. Meditation

II. Spring Song

III. lullaby

IV. Country Dance

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)

Sonata para Violín y Piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Sonata for violin and piano no.1, A major, op. 13

I. Allegro molto

II. andante

III. allegro vivo

IV. Finale: Allegro quasi presto

Frank Bridge was an English composer, violist and conductor. He had strong pacifist convictions and was deeply disturbed by the First World War and the colonial conquest of neighboring Ireland by his homeland. Bridge's solidarity with the Irish struggle for independence is clearly evident in his compositions.

Enrique Granados was well known during his lifetime as a virtuoso pianist, and his suite "Goyescas" for solo piano, which sets the paintings of Francisco Goya to music, is one of the most important contributions to Spanish music.

Gabriel Fauré's first sonata for piano and violin was composed in 1875-76 and, together with his Ballade for piano and his first piano quartet, is now regarded as one of the masterpieces of his youth.