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Passacaglia

Composer: Johan Halvorsen
Performer: Alexandra Soumm (Violin)
Performer: Victor Julien-Laferrière (Cello)
Recording date: 21 November 2011
Date of broadcast: 30 December 2011

Based on a famous Chaconne by Handel, it would be a disservice to say this piece was an arrangement. Halvorsen’s brilliance is to keep the essence of Handel’s original work intact, whilst simultaneously exploring the relationship between the two instruments in a set of fiendishly challenging variations.

Composer: Johan Halvorsen
Performer: Alexandra Soumm (Violin)
Performer: Victor Julien-Laferrière (Cello)
Recording date: 21 November 2011
Date of broadcast: 30 December 2011

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