Catherina Lee, violin and Miles Walter, piano

An exploration of French Romantic music for the violin with Eugène Ysaÿe at its heart. As well as a composer, Ysaÿe was a gifted virtuoso violinist. Chausson wrote Poème was for his violinist friend in 1896, revealing Chausson as a wonderful lyricist. Ysaÿe’s marriage went on to inspire César Franck to write his only violin sonata, a development of cyclical themes and a true marriage of violin and piano.