LÉON TOLSTOÏ
“The Kreutzer Sonata” (extracts of the novel)

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NICOLLO PAGANINI
Cantabile

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Sonatensatz

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Minuet from Sonata KV 304 in E minor

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata “à Kreutzer” in A major opus 47 n ° 9

Between passion and romanticism, the Kreutzer Sonata brings together this evening the Violin and Piano Sonata in A major “Kreutzer” by the composer Ludwig Van Beethoven and the Nouvelle “The Kreutzer Sonata” by the writer Leon Tolstoy.

“… The dinner was, like all dinners, boring and stuffy. We started making music quite early … I remember he brought his violin, opened the box, took out a small blanket embroidered for him by a lady, then the instrument he began to tune … I remember that my wife sat down at the piano … I then remember the look they exchanged … She attacked the first chord. … He made the strings vibrate with delicate fingers … And it started … ” Léon Tolstoï – Extract from “The Kreutzer Sonata”