Nikolai Roslawez
Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1

Sergei Prokofiev
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Arrangement for Viola and Piano by Vadim Borisovsky

Igor Stravinsky
Élégie for Solo Viola

Dmitri Shostakovich
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

Yulia Deyneka, principal violist of the Staatskapelle Berlin, has long been part of the Pierre Boulez Saal’s artistic family as a chamber musician, member of the Boulez Ensemble, and professor at the Barenboim­-Said Akademie. Denis Kozhukhin, her partner for this long-­delayed duo recital, is himself a regular guest. Together the two artists perform works by Russian composers, including a rarely heard sonata by Prokofiev contemporary Nikolai Roslavets and Dmitri Shostakovich’s final work, completed in July 1975 just weeks before his death.