Two of J. S. Bach’s most popular two-part inventions open the programme. Ravel and Kodály works for violin and cello are among the best samples for this combination of instruments. Ravel’s Sonata for violin and cello (1920-22), dedicated to the memory of Debussy, features modal-sounding themes as well as Hungarian dance rhythms. Kodály’s Duo is an emotionally charged work, injected with Hungarian folk-music rhapsodic gestures and rhythms. Halvorsen based his Passacaglia for violin and cello in G minor on the last movement of Handel’s keyboard suite no. 7, expanding it with an elaborate set of inventive new variations.
J. S. BACH: Two-Part Invention no. 4 in D minor, BWV775
Two-Part Invention no. 8 in F Major, BWV779
M. RAVEL: Sonata for violin and cello
Z. KODALY: Duo for violin and cello, op. 7
G. F. HANDEL / J. HALVORSEN: Passacaglia for violin and cello
Nicos Pittas (violin)
Petros Gospodinov (cello)
Event Information
Lefkosia: Saturday 20 February 2016
Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate, 17:00
Lemesos: Sunday 21 February 2016
Papadakeion Municipal School of Music, 17:00
In collaboration with the Papadakeion Municipal School of Music and Lemesos Municipality
