The young duo of Aubree Oliverson and Julia Hamos offers a program split into two parts. They begin with Dvorak’s Romantic Pieces, combining beautiful melodies and hints of folk dance steps, to then tackle Brahms’ monumental, conceptual Second Sonata, Op. 100. Now we enter another musical realm, with two of Bartók’s short-piece collections, the austere solo-piano Fifteen Peasant Songs and the Romanian Dances, seven accurate transcriptions of music he recorded on the wax cylinder phonograph. In the middle, we hear two little jewels penned by two virtuosos—a youthful Debussy Lied that Jascha Heifetz transcribed for violin and one of the humorous “fake oldies” Fritz Kreisler created to thumb his nose to the period reverence toward ancient masters whom no one had heard but by name.
Performers
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Julia Hamos, piano
Music
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Four Romantic Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 75:
Allegro moderato
Allegro maestoso
Allegro appassionato
Larghetto
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 “Thun“:
Allegro amabile
Andante tranquillo – Vivace
Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)
Intermission
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani for violin and piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Beau soir, song, transcribed for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Romanian Dances for violin and piano:
Stick Dance
Sash Dance
In One Spot
Dance from Bucsum
Romanian Polka
Fast Dance
Useful Info:
The concert is held outdoors.
Ticket Rates:
– COVERED VERANDA Full Price: € 65.00 + payment fees (Unnumbered seat with full visibility)
– GARDEN Full Price: € 35.00 + payment fees (Unnumbered seat with only listening to the concert from the villa garden)
– Reduced rates: see discounts
Ticket includes admission to the villa gardens.
Entrance to the venue:
The ticket office opens one hour before the concert.
Admission from the access gates is allowed twenty minutes before the start of the concert.
Approximate duration of the event:
70 min + intermission
Getting to Villa del Balbianello on foot:
The villa is accessible on foot by walking along the path from Via degli Artigiani in Lenno (see map). Walking time: about 20 min.
Getting to Villa del Balbianello by Taxi-Boat:
It is possible to access Villa del Balbianello via the lake by Taxi-Boat for a supplementary fee.
More info will be posted later on this page.
No reservation is required; the service will be available to all.
Departure time: from 8 pm with last departure at 8:30 pm.
Boarding location: Lido di Lenno pier (see map). The pier is located at the beginning of the lakefront, at the entrance to the left of the Lido garden looking at the lake.
Cost: € 16.00 Roundtrip to be paid at the boarding.
Return time: the first boats will leave immediately after the concert and subsequent trips will follow. We therefore ask for patience in waiting for boats to return.
Car Parking:
Large free parking is available on Via degli Artigiani in Lenno (see map).
In case of bad weather:
In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at the Auditorium of the Istituto Comprensivo Statale della Tremezzina in Ossuccio (see map).
Find out more about Villa del Balbianello at myLakeComo.co
The audience is advised that photos and audio/video footage may be taken during the event by LacMus Festival staff for promotion and marketing purposes for the exclusive use of the festival.
