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Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltzes
- Mephisto Waltz No. 1, The Dance in the Village Inn
Giuseppe Tartini, Sonata for Violin in G Minor, "Devil's Trill Sonata"
- 1. Larghetto affetuoso
- 2. Allegro moderato
- 3. Andante assai-Andante-Allegro assai
Niccolò Paganini, 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
- No. 24 in A minor
Igor Stravinsky, L'Histoire du soldat ("The Soldier's Tale")
- I: Introduction: The Soldier's March
- I: Music for Scene One: Airs by a Stream
- I: The Soldier's March (Reprise)
- I: Music for Scene Two: Pastorale
- I: Airs by a Stream (Reprise)
- I: Music for Scene Three: Airs by a Stream (Reprise)
- II: The Soldier's March (Reprise)
- II: The Royal March
- II: The Little Concert
- II: Three Dances: 1. Tango
- II: Three Dances: 2. Valse
- II: Three Dances: 3. Ragtime
- II: The Devil's Dance
- II: Little Chorale
- II: The Devil's Song
- II: Great Choral
- II: Triumphal March of the Devil

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concert Thomas Adès, Augustin Hadelich, and Inon Barnatan, and more perform Liszt, Tartini, Paganini, and Stravinsky "A Deal with the Devil" at La Jolla Music Society

"A Deal with the Devil" at La Jolla Music Society

Thomas Adès, Augustin Hadelich, and Inon Barnatan, and more perform Liszt, Tartini, Paganini, and Stravinsky "A Deal with the Devil" at La Jolla Music Society

About

This darkly dramatic concert from La Jolla SummerFest 2024 features an all-star lineup — including violinist Augustin Hadelich, pianist Inon Barnatan, and multi-hyphenate Thomas Adès stepping in as conductor — in a program of nonstop devilish delights! Barnatan conjures up Faustian enchantment in the first of Liszt's Mephisto Waltzes before the virtuosic Hadelich takes on a diabolical double header at the violin: Tartini's extraordinarily difficult "Devil's Trill" Sonata, inspired by the composer's dream of a fiddling devil, and the famed 24th Caprice by Paganini, himself possessed of such superhuman skill that some listeners could only think to ascribe them a malevolent provenance… Finally, we're treated to Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), a theatrical work of deliciously wide-ranging musical styles performed by a talented septet of instrumentalists with the actor Danny Burstein, conducted by maestro Adès.

Photo © Luca Valentina

Associated event

La Jolla Music Society SummerFest

Cast

Inon Barnatan | Pianist

Augustin Hadelich | Violinist
Inon Barnatan | Harpsichordist
Macintyre Taback | Cellist

Augustin Hadelich | Violinist

Alexi Kenney | Violinist
Mark Simpson | Clarinetist
Eleni Katz | Bassoonist
Chris Coletti | Cornetist
James Miller | Trombonist
Michael Yeung | Percussionist
Anthony Manzo | Double bassist
Danny Burstein | Actor
Thomas Adès | Conductor

Program

Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltzes
- Mephisto Waltz No. 1, The Dance in the Village Inn
Giuseppe Tartini, Sonata for Violin in G Minor, "Devil's Trill Sonata"
- 1. Larghetto affetuoso
- 2. Allegro moderato
- 3. Andante assai-Andante-Allegro assai
Niccolò Paganini, 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
- No. 24 in A minor
Igor Stravinsky, L'Histoire du soldat ("The Soldier's Tale")
- I: Introduction: The Soldier's March
- I: Music for Scene One: Airs by a Stream
- I: The Soldier's March (Reprise)
- I: Music for Scene Two: Pastorale
- I: Airs by a Stream (Reprise)
- I: Music for Scene Three: Airs by a Stream (Reprise)
- II: The Soldier's March (Reprise)
- II: The Royal March
- II: The Little Concert
- II: Three Dances: 1. Tango
- II: Three Dances: 2. Valse
- II: Three Dances: 3. Ragtime
- II: The Devil's Dance
- II: Little Chorale
- II: The Devil's Song
- II: Great Choral
- II: Triumphal March of the Devil