Steven Isserlis & Dénes Várjon A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

This spring, English cellist phenomenon Steven Isserlis gave a full-house concert to rave reviews in the company of Dénes Várjon and Joshua Bell. This time the duo of Isserlis and Várjon are once again set to dazzle the audience, although in their case the wonder is never in respect to their external virtuosity but to a musicality that wells up from deep within, as reflected in the very interesting programme. Besides the Schumann work that starts the evening and the Beethoven that closes it, the audience is in for a handful of pure rarities. French legend Gabriel Fauré’s late cello sonata (1917), which came from the pen of the master when he was all but deaf, is as much in need of discovery among domestic audiences as one of the most successful individuals in 20th century American music, yet now almost forgotten: Ernest Bloch and his series From Jewish Life. As for György Kurtág’s miniatures, it is always an occasion when such major artists perform these pieces, which are capable of condensing the totality of life into just a few minutes, and which bring within arm’s reach the whole universe in a single gesture.