Joshua Hayward, Viola Solo from Darkness to Light

About Joshua Hayward, Viola Solo from Darkness to Light

This intensely emotional voyage from darkness to light begins with Bach’s melancholic suite in D minor, ends with his exuberant suite in D major, and at its centre has Thea Musgrave’s piece composed for Joshua during the Covid-19 pandemic. Berio’s extraordinary exploration of tremolo is a fitting reminder of his inventive genius exactly one hundred years and two days after his birth, while his contemporary Kurtág’s moving Doloroso will be a perfect early appetiser for our season’s finale: a very special recital to celebrate his 100th birthday.

J. S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Luciano Berio: Sequenza VI

Krystof Penderecki: Sarabande; Tanz

György Kurtág: Doloroso

Thea Musgrave: Light at the End of the Tunnel

Sally Beamish: Penillion

J. S Bach: Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012