Tartini: "To play well you must sing well!"
Sunday, 24 May 2009 - 2:30pm
5:30pm
Kreutzer Quartet
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde
Istrian (Slovenia) -born Giuseppe
Tartini’s career was a mixture of accomplishment and notoriety. A champion
fencer, he was forced to spend years in hiding after killing an opponent in a duel. His ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata, apparently dictated by Old Nick himself in a dream, provided a model enthusiastically followed by Paganini and bluesman
Robert Johnson in the two ensuing centuries
Giuseppe Tartini-G Minor
Sonata ‘Dido Abandoned’
Giuseppe Tartini-D minor
Sonata ‘Devil’s Trill’
Gaetano Pugnani-B Flat
Sonata Op 7 No 1
Giovanni Battista Viotti-Duo
for One Violin (1799) (London
Premiere)
Plus: World Premiere*
Dmitri Smirnov-Sarabande* (1979)
and 2 Fugues (1970)
Guest Artist - Julian
Perkins – Harpsichord
Tickets: £10
Box office: 0207 702 2789 or TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Image Giusepe Tartini