CAPITOL ENSEMBLE'S VIOLINIST, PHILLIP LEVY AND PIANIST RINA DOKSHITSKY PERFORM SONATAS BY BRAHMS AND FRANCK IN THE BEAUTIFUL ACOUSTICS OF CONTRAPUNTAL HALL, BRENTWOOD, SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 7:30PM
Contrapuntal Performance Hall Los Angeles, CA
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CAPITOL ENSEMBLE'S VIOLINIST, PHILLIP LEVY AND PIANIST RINA DOKSHITSKY PERFORM SONATAS BY BRAHMS AND FRANCK IN THE BEAUTIFUL ACOUSTICS OF CONTRAPUNTAL HALL, BRENTWOOD, SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 7:30PM
PLEASE JOIN THE CAPITOL ENSEMBLE'S VIOLINIST PHILLIP LEVY AND PIANIST RINA DOKSHITSKY IN AN EVENING OF TWO GREAT ROMANTIC VIOLIN SONATAS BY BRAHMS AND CESAR FRANCK.
BRAHMS' SONATA IN G OP.78 (THE "RAIN SONG") CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST INTIMATE AND LYRICAL MUSIC EVER PENNED BY BRAHMS. THE "RAIN" REFERS TO A POEM BY GROTH WHICH BRAHMS USED IN ONE OF HIS ART SONGS AND INCORPORATED THE MELODY INTO THIS SONATA. "POUR RAIN, POUR DOWN, AWAKEN AGAIN IN ME THOSE DREAMS I DREAMT IN CHILDHOOD..."
CLARA SCHUMANN SAID THAT THIS SONATA WAS SO PERSONAL IN NATURE, IT SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED IN THE PRESENCE OF CLOSE FRIENDS.
GIVEN AS A WEDDING GIFT TO THE GREAT BELGIAN VIOLINIST EUGENE YSAYE, CESAR FRANCK'S ONLY SONATA IS DESERVEDLY THE COMPOSERS MOST POPULAR PIECE OF CHAMBER MUSIC. IT IS INDEED ONE OF THE FINEST SONATAS EVER WRITTEN. ITS BEWILDERING LYRICAL QUALITIES, EXQUISITE HARMONIES AND CYCLIC FORM REMAIN GROUNDBREAKING AND AT THE EPITOME OF THE SONATA REPERTOIRE.
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Contrapuntal Performance Hall (View)
655 North Bundy Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States
