Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A minor Op 23
Bloch: Violin Sonata No 2 ‘Poème mystique’
Mario Davidovsky: Duo Capriccioso
Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 (this replaces Violin Sonata No 2)

Midori makes her Festival debut with a programme which juxtaposes two well known violin sonatas with two 20th century works. Bloch described his Second Violin Sonata, composed while he was in America, as portraying the world as it should be. Davidovsky is an Argentine-American composer whose Duo Capriccioso is a delightful dialogue between violin and piano.

‘a performance of such transcendent power and grace that the thrilled audience gave her that rare thing, a genuine, heartfelt standing ovation in the middle of the recital’. (The Globe and Mail)

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Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 7 September at 1pm

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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