Robert Amadeo Sanders in Recital

Robert Amadeo Sanders, the violinist son of two violinist parents (James and Tammy Sanders), is back home in Chicago from Europe, where he moved in 2021 to study at the Vienna Philharmonic Academy and is currently completing his Master's degree at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. As has become a tradition, he will be performing publicly while home. The first performance is next Friday, December 27 at 6:30 PM, in downtown Chicago at William Harris Lee & Company, located in Chicago's historic Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 560. Admission is free, and no RSVP is required.
The program for the evening.
Sonata in g minor by JS Bach

• Adagio
• Fuga
• Siciliana
• Presto

Sonata #4 by Eugene Ysaye (to Fritz Kreisler)

• Allemanda
• Sarabande
• Finale

Intermission
Sonata #3 "Ballade*"* by Eugene Ysaye (a George Enseco)
Partita # 2 in dminor by JS Bach

• Allemanda
• Corrente
• Sarabanda
• Giga
• Ciaccona

Robert shares his thoughts about the recital's selections here:
I am looking forward to sharing these pieces which I have been exploring over the past couple of years. The program begins and ends with Bach since he paved the way for Ysaye’s inspiration, and all four works draw attention to the varieties of stylistic possibility on the violin. For the Bach I will play on a baroque bow, more similar to what musicians were using during his life, and on Ysaye a modern bow. Bach based the sonatas off of the music of the church, while the partitas have their origins in popular French and Italian social dances. Ysaye wrote his fourth sonata to Austrian-American Fritz Kreisler, and the “Ballade” to Romanian virtuoso Gerge Enescu, representing two wildly different musical personalities and world views. The breadth is astounding, and I hope you will join us to celebrate the work of these great masters.

The program will be repeated Saturday, January 4 at 6:15 PM at the Midwest Young Artists Center at Fort Sheridan, 878 Lyster Road, in Highwood, IL. Therer is no charge for the performance, but for this location, they are asking that people RSVP in advance. You can do so by clicking here.