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The 20-year-old Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut makes her Edinburgh Festival debut, with Latvian pianist Lauma Skride.

After the premiere of Faur茅鈥檚 first violin sonata by the pioneering violinist Marie Tayau with Faur茅 himself at the piano, his teacher Camille Saint-Sa毛ns wrote, 鈥�...in this sonata you can find everything to tempt a gourmet: new forms, unusual tone colours鈥� a magic floats above everything鈥�. Shostakovich鈥檚 Preludes follow, transcribed from the piano score by violinist Dmitri Tsyganov and finished by one of today鈥檚 championed composers Lera Auerbach. Sibelius had at one point wanted to be a violin virtuoso and his understanding of the violin is clear in his Humoresques. The Finnish musicologist Tawaststjerna described them as capturing 鈥榯he lyrical, dancing soul of the violin鈥�. The recital closes with one of Saint Saens鈥� four tone poems, Danse Macabre inspired by the poetry of Henri Cazalis.

Faur茅: Violin Sonata No.1 Op 13
Shostakovich (arr Tsyganov & Auerbach): Selection from 24 Preludes Op.34: No鈥檚 2, 6, 16, 17, 21 & 24
Sibelius: 2 Humoresques Op.87
Saint-Sa毛ns: Danse Macabre

Noa Wildschut, violin
Lauma Skride, piano

Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Laura Metcalfe

Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve.