Korsholm Music Festival´s concert 30.7.2019 in Hemmer´s House, at 2 pm.
“Relations”
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Håvard Gimse, piano
Vertavo Quartet
Marriage and divorce threat – Cesar Franck wrote his violin sonata as a wedding gift to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The erotic piano quintet led to a crisis in his marriage when his wife meant that “this piece is not written, with your mind set on me…”
César Franck (1822-1890):
Violin Sonata in A major M.8
César Franck:
Piano Quintet in F minor M.7