Augustin Hadelich
Solo

It only takes one violin to make a whole world resound. There is no doubt that Johann Sebastian Bach's three sonatas and three partitas are among the most beautiful and noble works ever composed for solo violin. The violinist Augustin Hadelich, celebrated for his ravishing tone, selects the second (with the famous Chaconne) and third partitas and, with the poignant "Ballade" in D minor by Eugène Ysaÿe, places an equal work alongside the premier class of the solo violin repertoire. It comes from the famous sonata cycle op. 27, with which the great Belgian violinist and composer paid homage to his role model Bach. With the jazz- and blues-inspired music of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and the "mystery sonatas" by David Lang, Hadelich creates an arc to modern violin literature.


Augustin Hadelich

Violin


Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Blue/s Forms

David Lang
"before sorrow" from "mystery sonatas"

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Violin No. 3 in D minor op. 27 "Ballade"

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004



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#15 Genau jetzt – Augustin Hadelich on Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Blue/s Forms"
29. 1. 2025   Podcast

The title alone gives the game away: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Blue/s Forms" wander between smoky blues, colorful splendor and bluesy melancholy. The work for solo violin inspires violinist Augustin Hadelich and host Maria Gnann to create a lush flood of images in this episode of "Genau Jetzt": magical hourglasses à la Harry Potter, ghostly fog, Italian summer heat and tongue-in-cheek pizzicati - the two discover all this and much more in a masterpiece that combines joie de vivre and sadness as well as jazz and classical tradition.

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