The Benaud Duo performs mainstream 19C repertoire, and especially love to play the sonatas of Beethoven and Brahms.
Fritz Kreisler is our favourite violin show-off music composer and we have played many of his charming pieces. In this vain we have also played:
Ravel -- Tzigane
Saint-Saens -- Introduction, Rondo and Capriccio
Weiniawski -- Fantasy on themes from Gonoud' "Faust"
We are also keen on much music from the early twentieth century and have performed pieces such as:
Bartok -- 6 Romanian Dances
Bax -- Legend
Debussy -- Violin Sonata
Ives -- Fourth Sonata ("Children's Day at the Camp Meeting")
Janacek -- Violin Sonata
Prokofiev -- First Sonata, Second Sonata & Five melodies
Satie -- Choses vues à droite et à gauche; sans lunettes
Here is the contemporary music we have played. We were proud to play these two Finnissy pieces at the Finnissy Weekend Festival that celebrated his sixtieth birthday and was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Feldman -- Spring of Chosroes
Finnissy -- Mississippi Hornpipes
Finnissy -- Seterjentens Fridag
Lutoslawski -- Subito
Shlomowitz -- Deirdre's Threat
