Tuesday 11, August, 2026 19 h -
Tuesday 11, August, 2026
Palau Solterra, Torroella de Montgrí
Johann Sebastian Bach: Allemande and Courante from the Partita for violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 / Giovanni Sollima: Prelude for solo mandolin / Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from the Partita for violin No. 2 en D minor, BWV 1004 / Ernest Bloch: “None” from the Baal Shem Suite / Johann Sebastian Bach: Jig from the Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 / Filippo Sauli: Partita for mandolin / Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from the Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
The mandolin, an instrument originated in Italy at the end of the 17th century, had a sporadic use in classical music of the 18th century and starting in the 19th century disappeared and became an instrument of the popular music, principally in Italy. The Israeli Avi Avital, mandolin virtuoso has dazzled audiences in the worlds leading concert halls and festivals, seems dedicated to bring back the lost brilliance to the instrument. In her début in the Torroella Festival she will perform her own arrangement of the famous Partita for violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 interspersing in its five movements works written for the mandolin, one from the beginning of the 18th century and another by a living composer, as well as a transcription from a movement from a suite by the Swiss origin North American composer Erns Bloch.
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