PRO G R A M M E
Friday, June 6th, 2014 – 6.30pm
National Portrait Gallery – London
St. Martin’s Place
Programme from a Swiss Duo
They are twin sisters, violin, viola and piano, and perhaps it’s the twinship that makes their playing so responsive
in regard to expression and approach. Their programme features music from Vienna, Norway,
New York ending in Italy.
Ambra Albek, violin and viola
Fiona Albek, piano
Photo Christian Steiner
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo C minor (from the F-A-E sonata)
(comp. 1853)
Edvard Grieg
Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Opus 45 (comp. 1886)
Allegro molto appassionato
Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
Allegro animato
William Perry Berliner Lied for viola and piano
New York “Broadway Ballet” (2012)
From the GEMINI concert for violin/ viola, piano and orchestra
1833-1897
1843-1907
1930* Alessandro Lucchetti
Arrangement for violin and piano
1958*
Fantasy on themes of the opera BOHEME
by Giacomo Puccini
(2012)