Sundowner Programme 11 – Strings in the Spotlight.

Sundowner Programme 11 – Strings in the Spotlight. Programme description
Today’s easy listening is a selection of music for Violin and for Guitar.
We open with Johan Svendsen’s – Romance, Op. 26 and next up I have what is reputed to be the all-time favourite movement from a violin concerto – the slow movement from Max Bruch’s – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor. If you listened to our programme on Monday evening this week you would have heard the full concerto. We started a new series which will feature all the instruments of the orchestra in the coming weeks, so the violin music tonight compliments Monday’s programme with some different aspects of the violin. I know you’re going to love this one!

We follow with two pieces by Pablo de Sarasate, – Danzas Españolas, Op. 21 – Malagueña and Habanera.

My next morsel for you is by Dmitri Shostakovich – three Pieces for 2 Violins & Piano – Gavotte, Elegy, and Waltz.

Astor Piazzolla is best known for his Libertango and that is in the next group, preceded by Oblivion and followed by his Ave Maria. These feature violin and guitar. Then a Hommage to Astor Piazzolla, written by Jean-Marie Lemarchand, a Tango, which features the violin with two guitars.
Our second-to-last item is Joseph Suk’s – Love Song, Op. 7 No. 1, and that is followed finally by an item from Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite. Johan Svendsen – Romance, Op. 26 Performed by Henning Kraggerud with the Malmo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bjarte Engeset · Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26_ II. Adagio Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Pablo de Sarasate – Danzas Españolas, Op. 21 – Malagueña and Habanera Performed by Julia Fischer and Milana Chernyavska · Pablo de Sarasate – Danzas Españolas, Op. 21 – Malagueña and Habanera Performed by Julia Fischer and Milana Chernyavska · Dmitri Shostakovich – Pieces for 2 Violins & Piano (Arr. by Lev Atovmyan) – Gavotte, Elegy, and Waltz. Performed by Julia Fischer, Kirill Troussov, and Henri Bonamy · Dmitri Shostakovich – Pieces for 2 Violins & Piano (Arr. by Lev Atovmyan) – Gavotte, Elegy, and Waltz. Performed by Julia Fischer, Kirill Troussov, and Henri Bonamy · Dmitri Shostakovich – Pieces for 2 Violins & Piano (Arr. by Lev Atovmyan) – Gavotte, Elegy, and Waltz. Performed by Julia Fischer, Kirill Troussov, and Henri Bonamy · Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango, and Ave Maria Performed by Sara Chenal & Olivier Pelmoine · Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango, and Ave Maria Performed by Sara Chenal & Olivier Pelmoine · Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango, and Ave Maria Performed by Sara Chenal & Olivier Pelmoine · Jean-Marie Lemarchand – Hommage à Astor Piazzolla II. Tango Performed by Sara Chenal, Olivier Pelmoine and Matthias Collet · Joseph Suk – Love Song, Op. 7 No. 1 Performed by David Oistrakh & Vladimir Yampolsky · Peter Warlock – Capriol Suite: 5. Pied-en- l’air Performed by Nicholas Kraemer with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner