Chloe Hanslip and Danny Driver 2017

TURNER SIMS Southampton

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Celebrated duo Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver present a complete cycle of Beethoven’s violin sonatas over three concerts, in an exclusive Turner Sims series. chloe hanslip violin danny driver piano

Beethoven violin sonatas i

Beethoven violin sonatas ii

Beethoven violin sonatas iii

Thursday 2 March 8pm

Thursday 4 May 8pm

Tuesday 17 October 8pm

Beethoven Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12 No 1 Sonata No 3 in E flat, Op 12 No 3 Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3 Sonata No 6 in A, Op 30 No 1

Beethoven Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 No 2 Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 No 2 Sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23 Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24 Spring

Schubert Violin Sonata in D, D384 Sonatina

All but one of Beethoven’s ten sonatas were composed over a six-year period when the composer was in his late twenties and early thirties. Tonight’s first recital in the series features works from the first two sets of three, Op 12 and Op 30.

Tonight’s second concert concludes with one of Beethoven’s most popular works. His joyous Spring sonata sits alongside the A minor work (Op 23) conceived as a contrasting but complementary pair (Beethoven headed the manuscript of the F major piece ‘Sonata II’).

Separated by a gap of ten years, the last two sonatas Beethoven wrote are contrasting works. The Kreutzer, arguably the most regularly performed work of the whole cycle, is monumental in scale and was described

by Beethoven as ‘written in a highly concertante style, just like a concerto’, whilst the tenth and last sonata is more intimate and restrained. Schubert’s first violin sonata, which opens the programme, was composed in 1816, the year in which Beethoven’s final sonata was published.

Pre-concert Talk 7pm

Pre-concert Talk 7pm

Beethoven Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96 Sonata No 9 in A, Op 47 Kreutzer

Pre-concert Talk 7pm Tickets for each concert: Standard £21 Concessions £20 Friends £18.90 Students £11 Turner Sims is provided by University of Southampton and gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

Cover image photographed at Turner Sims by Amy T. Zielinski

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