Keith Horner interviews two young European musicians in their first Festival of the Sound season: Frederieke Saeijs and Leopoldo Erice.
Frederieke Saeijs
Music for a Summer Noon
12:00 noon
Frederieke Saeijs, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano
de Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Espagnolas for violin & piano Loevendie: Shuffle for violin & piano Franck: Sonata in A Major for violin & piano
Janina Fialkowska
Music for a Summer Afternoon
2:30 p.m.
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman (Twinkle, Twinkle)
K. 265 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival of Venice), Op. 26 Ravel: Sonatine Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
New Zealand String Quartet
Music for a Summer Evening
7:30 p.m.
IN THE MENDELSSOHNS’ PARLOUR
James Campbell, clarinet; David Bourque, basset horn; Leopoldo Erice, piano; New Zealand String Quartet; Penderecki String Quartet; Jan Lisiecki as the young Felix with commentary by Jeffrey Stokes.
Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major for strings, Op. 20
Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor for clarinet, basset horn & piano, Op. 113
Songs Without Words
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4
Multimedia glimpses of the extraordinary intellectual crosscurrents in the Berlin household that nurtured Felix and Fanny complement a programme of works first heard there.
