Maria Radutu | All About Eve

Sophie Heinrich, violin, and Maria Radutu, piano, have one thing in common besides their mastery of their instruments and their passion for music: they are storytellers.

Their first Eve’s Courage programme is about women composers such as the Boulanger sisters, who were united by a touching and intimate relationship beyond death, the seething, unshakeable power of the African-American Florence Price, the sensual sonata of the Croatian-Hungarian composer Dora Pejacevic, or the rhythmic force of Piazzolla’s “Le Grand Tango”, in a legendary arrangement by the famous composer Sofia Guibadulina.

All women have one thing in common: liveliness, creative diversity, quality and courage. So today we are picking “Eva’s ripe apples” from a tree that women have courageously planted in the past against all odds to express themselves and nourish your soul.

 

Programme:
Nadia Boulanger: Vers la vie nouvelle for piano solo

Lili Boulanger: Nocturne & Cortege for violin & piano

Lera Auerbach (*1973): Prelude No. 1, from the 24 Preludes for violin & piano

Nkeiru Okoye (*1972): African Sketches, IV. Drums Calling for piano solo

Florence Beatrice Price: Fantasy for Violin & Piano No.2

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Amy Beach: Sonata for Violin & Piano Op.34, II Scherzo

Dora Pejacevic: Sonata for Violin & Piano in B-flat Minor, Op.43: “Slavonic

Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931): A. Piazzolla’s “Le Grand Tango” arr. for violin & piano