Saturday Evening Concert

Welcome to the Weekend and you Saturday Evening Concert.  We have been featuring the Great Concerti and Sonatas for the Violin all week and we conclude our exploration in Grand Style with tonight's Fabulous Live Performances.  Getting right into it, you may have guessed already that the Music I  am featuring tonight is composed by perhaps the world's acknowledged 'greatest Violinist of all time', Nicolo Paganini.  After all, what exploration of the Violin and its music would be complete without the inclusion of this Violin Virtuoso.  All week I have been pairing Concerti with Concerti or Sonatas.  Paganini composed 6 of the most difficult Violin Concerti ever written to showcase the ease with which he could play them.  They have been a challenge to all Violinists ever since.  Paganini also wrote 24 Capriccios for Solo Violin which are among his most famous works, especially number 24.  Therefore tonight's performances feature Paganini's Concerti and his Capriccios.  

On February 20, 2014, the 6 Concerti of Niccolo Paganini were performed in one historic concert by Violinist Nikolay Madoyan.  Madoyan was accompanied by the National Academic Theater Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Karen Durgaryan.  This is first time all of Paganini concerti were played live in a one concert.  A feat not even accomplished by Paganini himself.  Usually violinists play only one concerto in a concert due to the extreme difficulty of the concerti.  The cadenza of E. Sauret, which is the most difficult cadenza in the world for Violinists to play, was included and performed with the first concerto.  You will will find this 4 hour Passionate Paganini Performance posted down below.  Likewise in another historic concert, Nikolay Madoyan for the first time by any Violinist including Paganini performed all 24 Capriccios in the order they were written.  This intimate performance by Madoyan can be enjoyed over on my tumblr. 

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