Concert Details

Lorraine McAslan violin
Victor Sangiorgio piano

Scottish born violinist Lorraine McAslan and Italian-Australian pianist Victor Sangiorgio present an inspiringly diverse programme that starts with Beethoven’s much-loved Spring Sonata, abundantly full of graceful melodies. Finzi’s lyrical Elegy follows, contrasting with the volcanic Brahms’s Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata, which was written as a gift to violinist Joseph Joachim. The entirely French second half juxtaposes a wartime sonata from Debussy, his last major composition, with Saint-Saëns’s darkly passionate First Violin Sonata, echoing Beethoven’sKreutzer in structure.