44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (Béla Bartók) – Upcoming Concerts
PSU School of Music & Theater: Violin Duos with Tomás Cotik & Chiara Morandi
Saturday, March 1, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lincoln Recital Hall (LH 75) at Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Louis Spohr
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Duo for Two Violins in D major, Op. 67, No. 2
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
$30 (middle-high school students/educators free with ID)
SCMS Summer Festival: Bartók, Brahms, Beethoven
Sunday, July 14, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Béla Bartók
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
(selected movements)
Johannes Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b
Ludwig van Beethoven — Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20
Johannes Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b
Ludwig van Beethoven — Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20
In person: $65-$70 ($30 student) |
Stream: $30
SCMS Summer Festival: Chamber Music in the Park
Saturday, July 13, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bellevue Downtown Park, Bellevue, WA, United States
Béla Bartók
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
(selections)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven — Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20
Free
UW Faculty Concert: Melia Watras with Atar Arad & Flora Cummings, viola – Branches
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Atar Arad
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Ciaconna for viola sola
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
$20 ($15 UW affiliate, $10 student/senior)
UW Faculty Concert: Melia Watras with Atar Arad & Flora Cummings, viola – Branches
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Atar Arad
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Ciaconna for viola sola
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
$20 ($15 UW affiliate, $10 student/senior)
UW Faculty Concert: Melia Watras with Atar Arad & Flora Cummings, viola – Branches
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Atar Arad
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Ciaconna for viola sola
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
$20 ($15 UW affiliate, $10 student/senior)
UW Faculty Concert: Melia Watras with Atar Arad & Flora Cummings, viola – Branches
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Atar Arad
—
Ciaconna for viola sola
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)
$20 ($15 UW affiliate, $10 student/senior)
Masterworks Series: Bach, Rebecca Clarke, Bartok, Shostakovich / Jesse Mills, Mark Peskanov, Rieko Aizawa
Friday, July 21, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Rebecca Clarke — Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Five pieces for two violins and piano
Rebecca Clarke — Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Five pieces for two violins and piano
$35
Classical Up Close: Vine & Sparrow
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Vine & Sparrow Wedding and Event Venue, Sherwood, OR, United States
Paul Juon
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Trio-Miniaturen, Opp. 18a, 24a
(for violin, viola, & piano)
Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV:25 "Gypsy"
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Joaquín Turina — Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 35 ("II. Thème et Variations" & "III. Sonate")
Vijay Iyer — Mozart Effects (to be performed attacca after String Quartet in E minor, K. 417d (fragment), mvt. I by W.A. Mozart)
Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV:25 "Gypsy"
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Joaquín Turina — Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 35 ("II. Thème et Variations" & "III. Sonate")
Vijay Iyer — Mozart Effects (to be performed attacca after String Quartet in E minor, K. 417d (fragment), mvt. I by W.A. Mozart)
Free
String Trio: Bohemian Rhapsodies | Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Friday, October 21, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance Events, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Zoltán Kodály
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Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Bohuslav Martinů — 3 Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313
Antonín Dvořák — Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Bohuslav Martinů — 3 Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313
Antonín Dvořák — Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
$25
Masterworks Series: Amadi Azikiwe & Mark Peskanov / Leclair Bartók Mozart Handel-Halvorsen
Saturday, October 1, 2022 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Jean-Marie Leclair
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Selected works
(selections from a Sonata for Two Violins, TBA)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423
Johan Halvorsen / George Frideric Handel — Passacaglia for Violin and Viola (after Keyboard Suite in G minor, HWV 432)
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423
Johan Halvorsen / George Frideric Handel — Passacaglia for Violin and Viola (after Keyboard Suite in G minor, HWV 432)
$35
Masterworks Series: Semplice Players / Bartók Schubert Haydn Beethoven
Sunday, September 25, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Béla Bartók
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
(selections)
Franz Schubert — String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob. III:64
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
Franz Schubert — String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob. III:64
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
$35
Masterworks Series: Semplice Players / Bartók Schubert Haydn Beethoven
Saturday, September 24, 2022 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Béla Bartók
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44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
(selections)
Franz Schubert — String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob. III:64
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
Franz Schubert — String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob. III:64
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
$35
An Die Musik: Coffee, Patisserie, & Classical Music
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 11:00am – 2:00pm (EST)
An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Béla Bartók,
Althea Talbot-Howard,
James Lee III,
Thea Musgrave,
Che Buford,
Laura Elise Schwendinger,
Ruth Gipps, and
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Online: $10 | In person: $20 ($10 student)
An Die Musik: Coffee, Patisserie, & Classical Music
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 11:00am – 2:00pm (EST)
An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Béla Bartók,
Althea Talbot-Howard,
James Lee III,
Thea Musgrave,
Che Buford,
Laura Elise Schwendinger,
Ruth Gipps, and
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Online: $10 | In person: $20 ($10 student)
An Die Musik: Coffee, Patisserie, & Classical Music
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 11:00am – 2:00pm (EST)
An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Béla Bartók,
Althea Talbot-Howard,
James Lee III,
Thea Musgrave,
Che Buford,
Laura Elise Schwendinger,
Ruth Gipps, and
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Online: $10 | In person: $20 ($10 student)
An Die Musik: Coffee, Patisserie, & Classical Music
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 11:00am – 2:00pm (EST)
An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Béla Bartók,
Althea Talbot-Howard,
James Lee III,
Thea Musgrave,
Che Buford,
Laura Elise Schwendinger,
Ruth Gipps, and
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Online: $10 | In person: $20 ($10 student)
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)