Mathilde Milwidsky & Petr Limonov

In 1915, in the midst of the Suffragette and Suffragist movement, Agnes Zimmermann’s First Violin Sonata featured in a concert of women composers in the South Place Sunday Concerts, the precursor to the LCMS series. By then, the nearly 70-year-old composer was famous in Victorian England as a fine pianist and composer – Joseph Joachim premiered her work and thought highly of her, and she enjoyed close friendships with many composers and performers of her day, including Clara Schumann, with whom she regularly performed.

This concert, given by the prize-winning duo Mathilde Milwidsky and Petr Limonov, traces and explores some of these rich associations in her work.

Programme

JS Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in E, BWV1016
Agnes Zimmermann Sonata for Piano & Violin No. 2 in A minor, Op. 21
Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78

Performers

Mathilde Milwidsky violin
Petr Limonov piano