PolyU Orchestra • Music Connects - Violin Duet (Mazas's 12 Duets for Two Violins, Op 38, No 5 – III Rondo Allegretto)

Music Connects is an online music programme of the PolyU Orchestra. Members of the Orchestra have continued to produce music despite the pandemic.
 
Under the guidance of Mr Leung Kin-fung, the Artistic Director and Conductor, the PolyU Orchestra is presenting to you a wide range of musical genres in this series of Music Connects.

In its long history, the violin has attracted some phenomenally gifted virtuoso players, many of whom are remembered today for the music they wrote primarily to display their own remarkable virtuosity. One such was the Frenchman Jacques-Féréol Mazas (1782-1849) who toured Europe extensively as a soloist before devoting himself to teaching the next generation of violinists.  His output of around 100 works includes numerous pieces for violin solo and duet, including a set of 12 three-movement duets published in 1833.  Today we hear the final movement from the fifth of those, in F major, which takes the form of a dancing Rondo Allegretto.

Violin Duet
Jacques-Féréol Mazas ︳12 Duets for Two Violins, Op 38, No 5 – III Rondo Allegretto

Performed by:
Howard Fong Ho-kee · First Violin
Staff, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences 

Benjamin Leung Kai-hong · Second Violin Alumnus, Department of Building Services Engineeringpublished in 1833.