Michael Barenboim & Nathalia Milstein
Debussy, Vieuxtemps, Attahir
Musical Performance Duo 0Michael Barenboim and Nathalia Milstein dedicate their duo recital to music by French—and French-speaking—composers. The program prominently includes beloved Romantic sonatas by Henri Vieuxtemps and César Franck, as well as Benjamin Attahir’s Bayn Athnyn. First performed during the Pierre Boulez Saal’s digital Festival of New Music in the summer of 2020, the work is dedicated to Daniel Barenboim and his son, who had long wished for a piece in which he could switch between violin and viola. He will also be heard with Philippe Manoury’s Quasi una ciacona for solo viola; Milstein performs Debussy’s Hommage à Rameau.
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1
Philippe Manoury (*1952)
Quasi una ciacona for Viola solo (2017)
2
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
Sonata for Viola and Piano
B major Op. 36 (1860)
I. Maestoso – Allegro
II. Barcarolla. Andante con moto – Allegretto tranquillo
III. Finale scherzando. Allegretto
3
Benjamin Attahir (*1989)
Bayn Athnyn for Violin / Viola and Piano (2020)
4
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Hommage à Rameau
from Images for Piano solo (1902–1905)
Lent et grave
5
César Franck (1822 –1890)
Sonata for Violin and Piano A major (1886)
I. Allegretto ben moderato
II. Allegro
III. Recitativo–Fantasia. Ben moderato
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
6 (Encore)
Claude Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Douze Préludes, Book No.1)
Photo credits: Peter Adamik