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Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko at Herbst Theatre, December 12, 2018

San Francisco Performances presents Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
7:30 PM, Wednesday, December 12, 2018

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Set One

[7:33 PM lights down, announcements from Melanie Smith, band out, comments from Patricia Kopatchinskaja]

Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899–1963): Sonata for Violin & Piano, No. 4, FP 119 (1943, rev. 1949)

  1. [7:36 PM] Allegro con fuoco
  2. [7:42 PM] Intermezzo
  3. [7:49 PM] Presto tragico
    [work ends 7:54 PM]
    [comments from Patricia Kopatchinskaja]

C Schumann: Romance

Clara Schumann (1819–1896): One (unidentified!? Probably the first) of Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853)

  1. [7:56 PM] Andante molto -OR- Allegretto: Mit zartem Vortrage -OR- Leidenschaftlich schnell
    [work ends 7:59 PM]

Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76

Béla Viktor János Bartók (1881–1945): Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 (1922)

  1. [7:59 PM] Molto moderato
  2. [8:08 PM] Allegretto
    [set ends ~8:20 PM]

Set Two

[8:43 PM lights down, performers out, tuning]

Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25

George Enescu (1881–1955): Violin Sonata No. 3, AKA dans le caractère populaire roumain, Op. 25 (1925)

  1. [8:43 PM] Moderato malinconio
  2. [8:53 PM] Andante sostenuto
  3. [9:02 PM] Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
    [work ends 9:10 PM; all off for a brief pause]

Ravel: Tzigane

  1. [9:12 PM] Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Tzigane (1924)
    [set ends 9:22 PM; bows and then off; back for a quick bow…more applause]

Encore: Kanchelli: Rag-Gidon-Time

  1. [9:25 PM] Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli (b.1935): Rag-Gidon-Time (1995)
    [show ends 9:26 PM]

Performers

Notes

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Program Notes or program notes

Photos

Fuzzy photos tonight thanks to ol' squinty!

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