Violin and Piano Duo Recital
Joshua Peckins, Violin
Eliko Akahori, Piano
Joshua Peckins, violin, and Eliko Akahori, piano, take audiences on a dazzling musical tour, ranging from masterpieces from the Romantic era, to beauties from the Baroque, to cutting edge modernism and works by living composers. Filled with delight and spontaneity, “Smiling Through Tears,” above all, celebrates the beauty and poignancy of life.
SMILING THROUGH TEARS:
Franz Schubert, Fantasie for Violin and Piano in C Major, Op Posth. 159, D 934
Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No 1, Op. 78
Jessie Montgomery, Peace
Arnold Schoenberg, Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op, 47
Myroslav Skoryk, Melody
Barbara Strozzi, Diporti di Euterpe op 7, Lagrime mie 'lamento
Schubert’s Fantasie in C Major begins as if in a dream, with murmuring tones in the piano, and a bewitching violin melody emerging from the reverie. From this mysterious beginning, Schubert weaves a fantasy of such imagination and delight, showcasing the full ranges of both instruments and pushing the performers to their limits, both technically and musically. Evocative and highly engaging, Schubert’s Fantasie is a prime example from the early Romantic era.
Schoenberg can be divisive - much beloved and revered by musicians and music scholars, but sometimes feared by audiences! His “Phantasy” is a perfect introduction to this important composer - a composer who has been compared to Beethoven in his significance and depth. Although one of his later works (composed just before his death), the Phantasy is pure delight and fun! Full of whimsey and spontaneity, this short, imaginative work shows Schoenberg’s playful side!
It has been said that Brahms music is like “smiling through tears,” and his G Major Sonata certainly fits that description. This work of unsurpassed emotional depth captures in music the very essence of life, the human experience, and the beauty of being alive despite all its pain.
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