BBC Proms - 2008 - Proms Chamber Concerts - PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky

Presented by Christopher Cook, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins perform two works by French composers at opposite ends of their careers: Debussy's Sonata was the last work he completed, while Messiaen's Theme and Variations is a youthful piece written as a wedding present for his first wife. The violin part of Prokofiev's neo-classical Second Sonata though virtuosic is also highly lyrical and elegant, evidence of the work's inception as a sonata for flute. Alina Ibragimova Huw Watkins (piano) Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano Messiaen: Theme and variations, for violin and piano Prokofiev: Sonata No 2 in D for violin and piano, Op 94a.