MARC BOUCHKOV / MIKHAÏL PLETNEV
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Schubert, Grieg, Shor, Pletnev, Franck
Written in 1886, César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano dazzles with its fervour, its romanticism and its intensity. This chamber music summit will be a fitting conclusion to a high-flying recital led by two magnetic soloists: violinist Marc Bouchkov and pianist Mikhaïl Pletnev.
Programme
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Sonatina for violin and piano in D major D. 384
EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in C minor Op. 45
Interval
ALEXEY SHOR (1970-) / MIKHAÏL PLETNEV (1957-)
Sonata for violin and piano in B minor
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
Sonata for violin and piano in A major FWV 8
Marc Bouchkov and Mao Fujita play Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D major Op. 12 No. 1
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Having given us a superb complete cycle of Beethoven’s sonatas a few years ago, Marc Bouchkov builds his concert around a youthful Sonatina by Schubert. To accompany him, the Belgian violinist can count on one of the great musicians of our time whom the Verbier Festival faithfully welcomes back this summer: Mikhaïl Pletnev. The last chamber work by its composer, Grieg’s Sonata No. 3 paints an impressive palette of emotions: the Norwegian composer’s unusually dark inspiration embraces feelings of searing expressiveness. Transcribed by Pletnev himself (it was originally a violin concerto), Alexey Shor’s richly sonorous sonata has established itself as a recent classic of the repertoire. And to finish, what a pleasure to hear Bouchkov’s radiant 1630 Maggini in the little phrase of Franck’s Sonata that so obsessed a certain Marcel Proust!
