DUO CONCERTANTE

Duo Concertante, one of Canada’s premiere violin and piano ensembles, will present a programme featuring three of the most important German composers of the romantic era. The husband and wife team will be accompanied by the John Avison Chamber Orchestra in the virtuosic and brilliant Concerto for violin and piano by Mendelssohn. The duo will also perform the passionate Sonata in a minor by Schumann and the FAE Scherzo by Brahms.

PROGRAMME

Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck

Allegretto

Lebhaft

F-A-E Sonata in C minor WoO2: III. Scherzo Johannes Brahms  (1833-1897)

Concerto for Piano, Violin & Strings in D minor MWV O4 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Allegro

Adagio

Allegro Molto