Duets de violins

Duo recital for two violins by Dmitri Smirnov and Joel Bardolet, with works by Bach, Berio, Ysaÿe and Nyman, among other composers, at the Petit Palau in Barcelona.

Dmitri Smirnov and Joel Bardolet form this violin duo, with a programme ranging from the Baroque repertoire to works by contemporary composers. Joel Bardolet is also credited as a viola player. The repertoire includes Bach's Inventions (BWV 772-786), the Sarabande and Gigue from Partita No. 2 in an arrangement for two violins, and Ysaÿe's Sonata for Two Violins.

Among the works by Luciano Berio are the Duos per a dos violins, including the piece entitled Tatjana, and the 6 Duos per a dos violins. The programme also includes A due by Paweł Szymański; Yamamoto Perpetuo: Song A by Michael Nyman, written for solo violin; Suitecase « Wood » by Giovanni Sollima; and 33 Duets by Joan Ayats Abeyà.

The repertoire is completed by the Lento assai from Miklós Rózsa's Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15a. The proposal thus brings together composers from different eras and idioms in a single duo programme, performed by the two violinists on the stage of the Petit Palau.