‘Pas de deux’: a 2014 recital with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta

New to YouTube: a recital by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Sol Gabetta, recorded on 26 July 2014 at Saanen Church as part of the 2014 Gstaad Menuhin Festival. 

Programme:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention I C major BWV 772 (1723)

Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001): ‘Dhipli Zyia’, Duet for violin and cello (1951)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention VI E major BWV 777 (1723)

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Duet for violin and cello op. 7 (1914)

1. Allegro serioso non troppo

2. Adagio

3. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention VIII F major BWV 779 (1723)

Pēteris Vasks (1946): Duo (commissioned by Menuhin Festival Gstaad and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Invention XIV Bflat major BWV 785 (1723)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Sonata in C major for violin and cello (1927)

1. Allegro

2. Très vif

3. Lent

4. Vif, avec entrain

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