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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Jeremy Denk and Friends

Mozart Reflected: Violin Sonatas with Interludes in Three Acts
Sunday, December 16, 2018 3 PM Zankel Hall
Jeremy Denk by Shervin Lainez, Benjamin Beilman by Stefan Ruiz, Pamela Frank by Nicolas Lieber, Stefan Jackiw by Sophie Zhai
Mozart was a virtuoso pianist and a superb violinist. The best of both worlds will be served in a three-act feast that highlights the composer’s inventive sonatas for violin and piano, as well as some additional treats selected by pianist Jeremy Denk and friends. Each act will feature a virtuoso violinist and Denk in performances of Mozart's sonatas and eclectic interludes by composers spanning Handel to John Adams. Spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon with brilliant performers and intoxicating music.

Jeremy Denk is also performing February 1.

Pamela Frank is also performing December 24.

Performers

Benjamin Beilman, Violin
Pamela Frank, Violin
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Jeremy Denk, Piano

Program

MOZART Violin Sonata in C Major, K. 6

RAVEL Allegretto from Violin Sonata

MOZART Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 301

JOHN ADAMS "Relaxed Groove" from Road Movies

MOZART Violin Sonata in D Major, K. 306

HANDEL Affetuoso and Allegro from Violin Sonata in D Major

MOZART Adagio—Allegro and Andantino cantabile (Theme and Variations) from Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 379

STRAVINSKY Gigue and Dithyrambe from Duo concertant

MOZART Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 378

MOZART Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 305

WEBERN Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7

MOZART Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 304

SCHUBERT Allegro from Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385

MOZART Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 526

Event Duration

The printed program will last approximately four hours, including two 20-minute intermissions.


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Pianist Jeremy Denk Reflects on Mozart

At a Glance

Over the course of his career, Mozart wrote no fewer than 32 duo sonatas for violin and keyboard. Most of the “juvenile” sonatas—starting with the Sonata in C Major, K. 6—were designed to showcase his virtuosity on the piano and cast the violin in a subordinate role. In contrast, the seven “mature” sonatas on tonight’s program illustrate Mozart’s increasingly evenhanded treatment of the two instruments. Five of these works—K. 301, 304, 305, 306, and 378—date from his tenure as a court musician in the service of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo in Salzburg. Traces of the older violin-accompaniment style linger in the Sonata in G Major, K. 379, written soon after Mozart moved to Vienna in 1781—but in the virtuosic A-Major Sonata, K. 526, the two parts are so intricately interwoven that it’s impossible to say which is the more prominent.

In the spirit of the smorgasbord-type concert programs of yore, Jeremy Denk has interlarded Mozart’s eight sonatas with assorted shorter pieces, ranging from the first two movements of Handel’s expansively conceived D-Major Violin Sonata to Webern’s radically condensed Four Pieces for Violin and Piano. Mozartean echoes, variously filtered through 19th-century Romanticism, 1920s-vintage neoclassicism, and contemporary minimalism can be heard in the excerpts from works by Ravel, John Adams, Stravinsky, and Schubert.

Bios

Jeremy Denk

Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists. Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, he was recently elected to the American Academy of  ...

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Benjamin Beilman

Benjamin Beilman has won praise for his passionate performances and deep, rich tone. He has appeared with many major orchestras worldwide, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, San ...

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Pamela Frank

Pamela Frank has established an outstanding international reputation across an unusually varied range of performing activity. She has performed as soloist with leading orchestras that ...

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Stefan Jackiw

Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with an impeccable technique. He has appeared as soloist with  ...

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