Two Irish musicians bring to you their first album with Rubicon Classics. violinist Patrick Rafter and pianist Fiachra Garvey have selected repertoire by Belgian and French composers, including two great violin sonatas – Ravel’s famous violin Sonata in G, and the fabulous yet mostly neglected sonata in G by Guillaume Lekeu, whose tragically early death at the age of 24 surely robbed us of a great composer.
The great Belgian violinist and composer Ysaye’s seldom heard Poeme Elegiaque and Lili Boulanger’s (who died at only 22 years) Nocturne complete this attractive programme.
Patrick has performed alongside Maxim Vengerov and Schlomo Mintz, Barry Douglas and John O’Conor, Semyon Bychkov, Sir Mark Elder, Marin Alsop and Gianandrea Noseda.
