An Evening of Masterworks

Wednesday September 30^th, 7:30 PM

Meach Cove Farms Gathering Space in Shelburne

Claire Wells, violin and Pualina Lim, piano.

Join us for an exquisite journey through four masterpieces of the violin and piano repertoire, spanning nearly a century of musical innovation. The program opens with Debussy's ethereal Sonata in G minor, one of the composer's final works, shimmering with impressionistic color. Prokofiev's Five Melodies follows, offering lyrical, songful miniatures full of wit and unexpected turns. After intermission, Brahms's sunlit Sonata No. 2 unfolds with warmth and lyrical intimacy, before the program closes with Bartók's fiery Rhapsody No. 2, a dazzling showcase steeped in the rhythms and colors of Hungarian folk music.

From French impressionism to Eastern European fire, this program traces the extraordinary range and evolution of the violin sonata, an unmissable evening for lovers of chamber music.

PROGRAM

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor (1917)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Five Melodies for Violin and Piano (1925)

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in A Major (1886)

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1928)