SMITF Lunchtime Concert – Foyle-Štšura Duo

CMF Artists, Foyle-Štšura Duo (violin and piano) perform at the SMITF Lunchtime concert on Friday 26th June, 1pm

Opening the concert is the only full work Mozart ever wrote in E minor. Written upon hearing the news of his mother’s death, the tragic nature is transformed in a section in the second movement that Albert Einstein described as ‘a vision of paradise’. Faure’s Berceuse is a true gem from early in his career and, due to its immediate success, helped him to find his first publisher. A typically epic (yet rarely heard) work of Busoni concludes the concert. The practice of arranging and transcribing other composers’ music was an integral part of his creative process, and this Sonata constructs variations on a theme of Bach’s choral ‘Wie wohl ist mir’. Busoni viewed this magnificent composition as his ‘true opus one’.

Programme

W.A. Mozart Sonata for piano and violin in E minor KV 304
i. Allegro, ii. Tempo di Minuetto

Fauré Berceuse for Violin and Piano Op. 16

Busoni Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor Op. 36
i. Langsam, ii.Presto, iii. Andate, piuttosto grave

Tickets available on the St Martin-in-the-Fields Website