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Episode Guide
Pictures at an Exhibition
Series: Mussorgsky
Series Progress: Episode 1 of 1100% Completed
Synopsis
Late August is traditionally the time for the annual Stift International Music Festival. Weerselo's Stift Church and Oldenzaal's 'Hofkerk' serve as venues for wonderful concerts of various young musicians from all over the world. The theme of the 2014 Stift Festival was "Divine and Demonic Passion". Young musicians performed divine and demonic chamber music by composers such as Richard Strauss. Strauss composed his 'Violin Sonata in E flat' between 1887 and 1888. This piece may not have become a cornerstone of the violin repertoire, it is performed quite frequently. The wonderful lyricial quality of the piece, as well as its technical demands on violinist and pianist, explain why. Its lyrical qualities were probably inspired by Pauline de Ahna, a soprano with whom Strauss was very much infatuated – his wife-to-be.
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