Artists
Renaud Capucon
Violin
Kit Armstrong
Piano
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major Op. 12/1
Arnold Schoenberg
Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment Op. 47
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major Op. 96
Approximate running time:
1h
without intermission
The very first and the final one of Beethoven’s violin sonatas bookend Renaud Capuçon and Kit Armstrong’s duo recital at the Pierre Boulez Saal. Between these two works, the artists perform Arnold Schoenberg’s late Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, written during the final years of the composer’s life in his American exile.