Sunday, October 20 :: 3 PM

ETTORE CAUSA, viola

BORIS BERMAN, piano

A prizewinner at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola competition, Italian-born violist Ettore Causa joins with Grammy-nominated pianist (and head of Yale School of Music’s piano department) Boris Berman to perform a program of Schumann and Brahms.

PROGRAM:

ADAGIO AND ALLEGRO FOR VIOLA AND PIANO, OP. 70 (1849)
Robert Schumann (1810-56), arr. Ettore Causa

SONATA IN G MAJOR FOR PIANO AND VIOLA, OP. 78 (1878-9)
Johannes Brahms (1833-97), arr. Thomas Riebl and Ettore Causa
       Vivace ma non troppo
       Adagio
       Allegro molto moderato

                   ---Intermission---

SONATA IN E MINOR, FOR PIANO AND VIOLA, OP. 38 (1862-5)
Johannes Brahms (1833-97), arr. Ettore Causa and Boris Berman
       Allegro non troppo
       Allegretto quasi Menuetto
       Allegro