Violinist Leonidas Kavakos—hailed as “astoundingly virtuosic” by The Guardian and “among the greatest instrumentalists of our time” by The Seattle Times—joins forces with pianist Enrico Pace—whose playing has been called “lithe, characterful, and sensitive” by BBC Music Magazine—for the Festival’s one-night-only, pre-season Gala Recital, which features a stunning selection of violin-and-piano showpieces.

 

BEETHOVEN Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 (1800)

STRAVINSKY Divertimento for Violin and Piano (1932)

MOZART Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, K. 304 (1778)

FRANCK Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (1886)

 

Approximate length: 1 hour and 40 minutes