CLARA-JUMI KANG & SUNWOOK KIM
Violin Sonatas by Beethoven, Strauss, Respighi, and Weinberg
© Marco Borggreve
Clara-Jumi Kang
Violin
Sunwook Kim
Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major Op. 12/1
Ottorino Respighi
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor
Mieczysław Weinberg
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 Op. 39
Richard Strauss
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major Op. 18
Most recently heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal during the Mendelssohn Festival in December 2023, Clara-Jumi Kang and Sunwook Kim return as a duo to perform four works exploring the full range of the violin sonata repertoire. Bookending their program with a Beethoven classic and an early masterpiece by 23-year-old Richard Strauss, they also present Ottorino Respighi’s 1917 Sonata and the idiosyncratic Fourth Sonata by Mieczysław Weinberg, written in 1947.
Approximate running time: 1h 45m with one intermission
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