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Welcome to our Chamber Concert of violin and piano music given by Gina McCormack and Nigel Clayton, recorded in the beautiful Mellerstain House in the Scottish Borders, and originally premiered here as part of Haddo Arts Festival 2020. To keep up with our plans for our tenth anniversary festival in 2021, subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.haddoarts.com or like and follow us on Facebook @haddoarts. And please donate to support our work here: https://bit.ly/3jGo6MZ

Gina and Nigel begin their recital with that tender miniature of love and lost, the first of three Romances composed by Clara Schumann in memory of her husband, Robert, who died tragically young.

Beethoven’s Sonata in D OP 12 no 1 is an early work, written while eh was still under the influence of his classical masters, Haydn and Mozart. It’s a joyous work, with as much virtuosity in the piano as in the violin.

Gina and Nigel will continue their recital with Debussy’s last composition, his Violin Sonata. Surely one the finest sonatas composed for the violin, it was the third of six sonatas for different instruments that Debussy had intended to write in homage to the great French composers of the 18th century, Couperin and Rameau. There are three movements with both players in perfect balance with other, playing an equal part in the musical discussion.

Programme:

Clara Schumann: Andante molto from Three Romances Op 22
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op 12 no. 1 (Allegro con brio, Tema con Variazioni (Andante con moto), Rondo (Allegro))

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Claude Debussy: Sonata in G minor, L140
Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation, Tambourin Chinois, Midnight Bells

You can find and download programme notes on our web site at https://bit.ly/3jLIdcA