Close-Up: Liviu Prunaru ‘Crescendo’
Concertmaster Liviu Prunaru teams up with colleagues from the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and music by Enescu, Prokofiev, Dvořák, Smetana and Brahms.
A Late Romantic masterpiece brimming with Mozartian elegance and Italian lyricism.
Concertmaster Liviu Prunaru teams up with colleagues from the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and music by Enescu, Prokofiev, Dvořák, Smetana and Brahms.
A Late Romantic masterpiece brimming with Mozartian elegance and Italian lyricism.
Concert programme
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George Enescu
From 'Impressions d'Enfance': Ménétrier
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Sergej Prokofjev
From Sonata for 2 violin: Allegro
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Antonín Dvorák
From Terzetto: Scherzo - Vivace
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Bedrich Smetana
Allegro vivo apassionato from String Quartet no. 1 'From My Life'
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Johannes Brahms
Movement from String Quintet No. 1
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence'
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About this concert
Concertmaster Liviu Prunaru invited like-minded string players to join him, one at a time, in a concert which builds up gradually - ‘crescendo’. He starts with music for solo violin from his compatriot, the Romanian composer George Enescu. Prunaru’s wife and colleague, Valentina Svyatlovskaya, then joins him for the passionate Allegro from Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins. After a movement from Dvořáks Terzetto for two violins and viola, the sound becomes fuller with movements from Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 and Brahms’ String Quintet No. 1. After the interval, all six musicians will be performing Tchaikovsky’s string sextet, Souvenir de Florence, a late romantic masterpiece brimming with Mozartian elegance and Italian lyricism.
Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the individual qualities of the orchestral musicians! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.