SUNDAY 24* NOVEMBER 2024
*NEW DATE
The Sonata is chamber music in its purest form: two colleagues sharing their musical thoughts.
Limited only by the imaginations of the players and the audience, duo sonatas from the turn of the twentieth century are filled with the scope and richness of symphonies, presented with the intimacy of an evening of the richest conversation imaginable.
As with most of Leoš Janáček’s work, his Sonata (1922) is constructed with layer upon layer of meaning: sonically, philosophically and politically. His staunch refusal to adhere to Austro-German norms vibrates through every measure of this fiercely original, but intensely engaging, piece.
Another prickly individualist, Claude Debussy stubbornly resisted labels. A musical visionary all his life, inventing sonic worlds and embracing deep layers of symbolism, his final pieces which take the form of Sonatas are relatively pure in musical form, taking for their inspiration the baroque works of Rameau and Couperin.
Program
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Sonata
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Sonata
Alice Ping Yee Ho (b. 1960) Four Seasons Ballade
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major
