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Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

1. Moderato nobile

2. Romanze: Andante

3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace

Franz Schubert, Quintet in C Major, Op. posth 163, D. 956

2. Adagio

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

1. Poco sostenuto – Vivace

Leoš Janáček, Sonata for Violin and Piano, JW VII/7

1. Con moto

2. Ballada

3. Allegretto

4. Adagio

Arnold Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Transfigured Night)

Sehr langsam

Etwas bewegter

Schwer betont

Sehr breit und langsam

Sehr ruhig

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

1. Allegro energico e con fuoco

Ottorino Respighi, Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor, P. 110

1. Moderato

2. Andante espressivo

3. Passacaglia

Dmitri Shostakovich, Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano

I. Prelude

II. Gavotte

III. Elegy

IV. Waltz

V. Polka

Eugène Ysaÿe, Sonata for Two Violins in A minor, Op. posth.

1. Poco lento, maestoso - Allegro fermo

A day with Leonidas Kavakos II: Verbier Festival Essentials

Verbier Festival 2010-2020

Cast

Christoph Koncz — Violinist

Kim Kashkashian — Violist

Gautier Capuçon — Cellist

Program notes

Generously supported by Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet

Leonidas Kavakos burst on the scene as a teenaged virtuoso, winning prestigious prizes in competitions all over the world, and has gone on to solidify his sterling reputation as one of the most prodigious violinists of his generation. Since 2007 he has taken part in the Verbier Festival, and we’ve witnessed his technical skills as they continue to defy the limits of possibility with interpretations that grow in profundity and substance.

After a powerful, incisive rendition of Erich Korngold’s almost cinematic Violin Concerto, Kavakos guides us through more masterpieces of the violin repertoire, combining well-known pieces—exquisite chamber music moments with Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms—with rarely heard gems, like a dreamy Violin Sonata by Respighi and a ferocious one by Janáček. Each work comes vividly to life in the hands and bow of Kavakos and his brilliant partners: Gautier Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit, Yuja Wang, Nikolai Lugansky, Yuja Wang, Anne-Sophie Mutter (with a milestone performance of Shostakovich’s Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano!), Denis Matsuev, and Joshua Bell, to name a few!

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Further listening: featured works

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