Thank you for watching Music in the Vineyards’ 26th annual chamber music festival, this year hosted virtually at beautiful vineyards up and down the Napa Valley. Learn more at:
This concert is hosted by Frog’s Leap Winery and is sponsored by Ulla & John Brown. Our 2020 virtual festival is entirely free, and donations are accepted in lieu of tickets at:
Tonight, Music in the Vineyards @Home travels through 200 years of French music with fabulous duos for violin, cello and piano. The Chevalier de St-Georges—classical music’s first known composer of African descent—wrote tonight’s violin duet opener. No French program would be complete without the superstars—César Franck, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Joseph Bologne) (1745-1799)
Sonata No. 2 for Two Violins in E-flat Major
Susie Park, violin 1 and 2:
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Sonata No. 5 for Two Violins
Presto
Axel Strauss, violin 1 and 2:
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Duo for Violin and Cello
Debra Fong, violin
Christopher Costanza, cello
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet
Andantino, doucement expressif
The Escher Quartet:
César Franck (1822-1890)
Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
Finale: Allegretto poco mosso
Axel Strauss, violin
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
Sérénade: Modérément animé
Final: Animé, léger et nerveux
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, piano
This concert will be accessible until August 31st, 2020