LEONIDAS KAVAKOS / CLARA-JUMI KANG / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW...
A true Carte Blanche offered to Leonidas Kavakos, one of the most loyal friends of the Verbier Festival for 25 years. The programme features Franck’s famous Sonata with Alexandre Kantorow at the piano, as well as works by Dvořák with their inimitable Romanticism and energy.
Programme
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Terzetto for two violins and viola in C major Op. 74
(Kavakos, Kang, Ridout)
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
Violin Sonata in A major
(Kavakos, Kantorow)
Interval
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major Op. 87
(Kantorow, Kavakos, Ridout, Ferrández)
Artist(s)
- Leonidas Kavakos violin
- Clara-Jumi Kang violin
- Timothy Ridout viola
- Pablo Ferrández cello
- Alexandre Kantorow piano
Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos play Brahms: No.1 Violin Sonata in G Major op.78 at Verbier Festival
Unusually, Dvořák’s Terzetto features two violins and a viola, that, stripped of its basses, can fly on its own wings. Humour and wit are the order of the day in this work, to which the joyful energy of Leonidas Kavakos, Clara-Jumi Kang and Timothy Ridout will lend all its cheerfulness.
Another masterpiece is Franck’s Sonata, in which the composer infuses all the dramatic depth and theatricality of operatic music, while the piano unfolds in undulating, vaporous movements, foreshadowing the impressionism of the Debussy or Fauré school.
A jewel of Romanticism, Dvořák’s Second Piano Quartet unfolds in melancholic waltzes, deceptively placid conclusions that rush forward at the last moment to deceive the listener, with accompaniments full of poetry and rhythmic vitality that anticipate Bartók: a delight for the fiery Alexandre Kantorow, the mischievous Timothy Ridout, and the dazzling sound of Leonidas Kavakos.
