Adelaide Festival presents

Premiere at Dawn

Poème: Chamber Landscapes

At 8am on 24 May 1803, Beethoven was joined by the violin virtuoso George Bridgetower to deliver one of the most legendary premieres in music history – that of the great Kreutzer Sonata. The performance was enhanced by the now famous interruption of the violinist’s brilliant improvised cadenza, recreated in this performance (at noon, not the crack of dawn). The Sunrise quartet by Haydn raises the curtain on the final day of the festival weekend.

PROGRAM

Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 Sunrise
Jakub Jakowicz (violin), Elina Vähälä (violin), Christopher Moore (viola), Timo-Veikko Valve (cello)

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 in A, Kreutzer
Jakub Jakowicz (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano)

This event is part of the Poème: Chamber Landscapes program.