Convergence 2025 | Sonatas and variations for cello

Wednesday 15 October, 7.00 pm
Design factory Jarovce, Bratislava, Slovakia

Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Cello Sonata No. 1, H 277
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Cello Sonata No. 2, H 286 
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Variations on a Slovak Folk Song, H 378
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H 290
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Romance for violin and piano, H 186bis  
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Two Pieces for Two Violoncellos, H 377
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Quartet for Clarinet, French Horn, Violoncello and Snare Drum, H 139

Tomáš Jamník (cello) 
Stanislav Gallin (piano)
Jozef Lupták (cello) 
Nora Skuta (piano) 
Branislav Dugovič (clarinet) 
Viliam Vojčík (French horn) 
Nikola Adamcová (cello) 
Martin Zajac (snare drum) 
Eva Šušková (soprano)

Convergence 2025 – International Chamber Music Festival

"I see music, I feel it, I touch it." (Bohuslav Martinů) 

The first of the Convergence festival evenings dedicated to the music of Bohuslav Martinů will feature his sonatas and variations for cello. The first sonata, dedicated to French cellist Pierre Fournier, reflects the unrest in Europe on the eve of war. The second cello sonata, composed in 1941, was written after the composer emigrated to the USA. In this work, as in Variations on a Slovak Folk Song (1959), one senses Martinů's longing for his homeland, to which he was unable to return due to the regime. The selection of works for cello will be complemented by Variations on a Theme by Rossini, dedicated to another of the great cellists of the 20th century, Gregor Piatigorsky.

Convergences will feature works by Bohuslav Martinů performed by Jozef Lupták and Czech cellist Tomáš Jamník, whose recording of this composer's works for the Supraphon label was described by Harmonie magazine in 2008 as "the debut of the decade". The program will conclude with a work from Martinů's Paris period, Quartet for Clarinet, French Horn, Cello, and Snare Drum (1924).            

More information: https://www.konvergencie.sk/eventdetail/68791870c94c0c5b71a606a6/