Liya Petrova | violin
Adam Laloum | piano
Adam Laloum at the piano and Liya Petrova on violin for an early twentieth-century programme.
Dates
Debussy Sonata for violin and piano L. 140
Respighi Sonata for violin and piano Op. 110
Strauss Sonata for violin and piano Op. 18
Young audience workshops Atelier Chantons à tue-tête ! (4-6 years old)
About
A rare mid-morning treat: Respighi’s post-Franck Violin Sonata in B minor, written at the height of World War I. Liya Petrova (a former student of Augustin Dumay and Renaud Capuçon) shone in a recent recording of this work with Adam Laloum. In the words of the dazzled Gramophone reviewer, she “relishes the lyric imperative, the effusiveness of the writing, bringing her impassioned Slavic nature to bear on it”. Early Strauss and late Debussy bookend this vast triptych. In 1917, Debussy wanted to prove that “thirty million [Germans] cannot destroy French thought”. He died before the Armistice and never completed the six planned works. Although he wanted it to be “full of life, almost joyous”, this work, dedicated “to those who can read between the lines of the stave”, would in fact be his requiem.
Coréalisation Jeanine Roze Production | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Concert recorded by France Musique and broadcast on May 12 at 8 p.m.
Medias
Un Dimanche avec... Liya Petrova
Après un Premier Prix au Concours international Carl Nielsen en 2016 et des enregistrements salués par la critique et le public, Liya Petrova est aujourd'hui considérée comme l'une des musiciennes les plus talentueuses de sa génération.