Venue: The Model, The Mall, Sligo
Admission: €20/€10 students
Booking: The Model 071-9141405 or www.con-brio.org
Michael Foyle violin
Maksim Štšura piano
PROGRAMME
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, ‘Spring’
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, ‘Regenlied’
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Three Master Sonatas
Beethoven’s fresh and vibrant ‘Spring Sonata’ sits alongside the poetic G-major Sonata of Brahms, where the composer revisits the ‘Rain-song’ theme of one of his earlier songs. Prokofiev’s First Violin Sonata offers a striking contrast – darkly atmospheric and hauntingly lyrical – it stands as one of the composer’s most powerful and enigmatic chamber works. Praised for ‘playing of compelling conviction’ (The Daily Telegraph) and ‘astonishing mutual feeling, understanding and responsiveness’ (Seen and Heard International), Foyle-Štšura Duo was formed in 2012 and won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015. Since then, the Duo has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as for the New York Chamber Music Festival, Cervantino Festival in Mexico and Evgeny Mravinsky Festival in Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Their performances have been broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, NPO Radio 4 and Estonian Klassikaraadio. In 2020–22 they released Beethoven’s complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin to mark the composer’s 250th anniversary, earning widespread praise, including a five-star BBC Music Magazine review.
Followed by Meet the Artist reception. All welcome.
Half price tickets for U18 are supported by Go See which is an initiative of Music Generation Sligo.
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland, Sligo Weekender, Karen and Leo Logan