Carte Blanche Concert II

The Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Joseph Swensen, violin, and Jeffrey Kahane, piano

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2009
8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Tickets: $65/$45 adult; $32/$15 student

Koret Young Performers Concert*
6:00 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Free Admission

The violin sonatas of Johannes Brahms encapsulate the allure of the Romantic master’s compositional language. Each of the three offers the poignant intimacy and symphonic breadth—and, above all, the devastating lyricism—that characterize Brahms’s mature style. Violinist Joseph Swensen and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, both passionate interpreters of the Romantic literature, join forces to present this luminous cycle of works.

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Violin Sonata no. 1 in G Major, op. 78 (1878–1879)
Violin Sonata no. 2 in A Major, op. 100 (1887)
Violin Sonata no. 3 in d minor, op. 108 (1886–1888)

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