The French Violin: Chad Hoopes (violin) & David Fung (piano) at L'auditori de Barcelona
About the Event
The exceptionally young American violinist Chad Hoopes is one of the new stars of classical music. Winner of the top prize in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, Hoopes plays the 1991 Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin that once belonged to the legendary Isaac Stern. At L’Auditori we will be able to enjoy, for the first time in Barcelona, his chamber musician side with a repertoire of a Romantic and Impressionist nature. With the Sonata in G minor, L. 140, the last work by Claude Debussy, we will be able to appreciate how in his final years the composer moved away from the Impressionist style he had championed, as well as enjoy the fusion of classical elements with gypsy violin techniques. TheSonata No. 2 in G major, M. 77, is an exciting mixture of styles, even including some blues, where Maurice Ravel exploits the contrast in the timbre of the two instruments. With the Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75, Camille Saint‐Saëns inspired one of the most delightful passages in Swann’s Way, the celebrated work by Marcel Proust, and set a perpetual technical challenge for all violinists. Finally, the Sonata No. 3 in D minor by Eugène Ysaÿe is a solo violin piece that, in one single movement, brings together the atmosphere of Bach’s sonatas and the virtuosity of Paganini’s Caprices.
Practical Information
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L. 140
YSAŸE: ‘Ballade’, from the Sonata for Solo Violin, No. 3 in D minor
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 2 in G major M. 77
SAINT‐SAËNS: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Cast / Production
Chad Hoopes, violin
David Fung, piano
