Program
BRUCH Kol nidrei
JANÁCEK Violin Sonata
TCHAIKOVSKY Sérénade mélancolique
R. SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor
BLOCH "Nigun" from Baal Shem
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre, Op. 40
French violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft, an outstanding soloist and chamber musician whose career has taken him to the world’s major stages, returns to Berlin Philharmonie Hall for a program of impassioned music from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Virgil is joined by pianist JuYoung Park for Saint-Saëns’ fervent Danse macabre, Bloch’s deeply moving Nigun, and other selections from his second album, Incantation, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, and Janácek’s Violin Sonata, are also highlights of Virgil’s recital.