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Music@Menlo Summer Festival: Benjamin Beilman, violin, and Gloria Chien, piano
Carte Blanche Concert II
“This program delves into the legends and myths of violin lore via the three-sided conversation between violin, violinist, and composer. We kick off this journey with a solo violin sonata composed by the namesake of the violin I now play, the Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe. The Devil’s Trill Sonata is the virtuosic consequence of a Faustian pact between Tartini and his violin teacher—the devil himself. Franz Schubert gushed “I have heard an angel sing” after attending a sold-out performance in Vienna by Niccolò Paganini on his famed “Cannone” Guarneri del Gesù. The second half of the concert features more earthly pursuits in the form of two wedding gifts. César Franck dedicated his famed sonata to his longtime collaborator and friend Eugène Ysaÿe on his wedding day (you can’t miss the church bells in the finale). For my own nuptials last summer, my groomsman and musical best friend, composer Chris Rogerson, presented me with this Arietta.” —Benjamin Beilman
PROGRAM
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931) | Sonata in D minor for Solo Violin, op. 27, no. 3, Ballade (1923)
Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) | Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil’s Trill (ca. 1714)
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) | Cantabile in D major for Violin and Piano, op. 17 (ca. 1824)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) | Rondo brillant in B minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895, op. 70 (1826)
Chris Rogerson (b. 1988) | Arietta for Violin and Piano (2024)
César Franck (1822–1890) | Violin Sonata in A major (1886)
PIANO
Gloria Chien
VIOLIN
Benjamin Beilman
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3108206-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3108206-2
