Two Violins vs Violin/Viola duos
Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 3:00pm
The Norvell Theatre, Salisbury

Two Violins or Violin Viola duo - which combination is your favorite? Composers have been writing for these two combinations of instruments for hundreds of years, many of which are very famous. We will be alternating between pieces for two violins and pieces for violin and viola. We are sure that you will recognize a few, and hear a few new ones along the way, ranging from Bach to Shostakovich.

Dmitri Shostakovich: 5 pieces for 2 Violins and Piano
Bela Bartok: 44 Duos for Two Violins
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor DVW 1043 – I. Vivace
Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra Op. 33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major for violin and viola K 364 – I. Allegro moderato
Handel-Halvorson: Passacaglia for violin and viola op. 20, no. 2