Steinberg Duo

The Steinberg Duo - Louisa Stonehill, violin, and Nicholas Burns, piano - perform “Music of the Great War,” the second in a series of concerts at the Redfern Arts Center. On March 6, 1917, William Murdoch and Albert Sammons took to the stage in uniform at Aeolian Hall in London to give John Ireland’s 2nd Violin Sonata its world premiere. The performance was such a success it launched the young composer’s career. To celebrate the centenary of the piece, the Steinberg Duo presents it here alongside three other works written during the First World War. Europe was changed irrevocably by the events of 1914-18 and this program charts that change through the eyes and ears of four very different, yet equally nationalistic composers from their various vantage points around Europe:

Ireland Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor (1917)

Debussy Violin Sonata (1917)

Bartok Romanian Folk Dances (1915)

Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 (1918)

This concert also marks the release of the duo’s latest CD on the Lyrita Album which features John Ireland’s piece alongside works by Geoffrey Bush and Franz Reizenstein from 1945.

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Theatre/Location: Alumni Recital Hall

Price: $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens, $5 for KSC students and youth under 18.

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