Violin concerto no.1, op.posth. (Menuhin) (1991)

As a child prodigy, Menuhin immediately captured the imagination, and at his peak, he achieved a spiritual dimension in his playing that radiated warmth and humanity. Musically speaking, Menuhin did not live in the past but championed contemporary music. From the very beginning, Yehudi Menuhin was attracted to the works of Béla Bartók. He once wrote that Bartók suited his temperament. He first met the composer prior to a performance of Bartók’s First Violin Sonata at Carnegie Hall. Menuhin remembers: “He had already drawn up an armchair, music on his lap, pencil in his hand, the real Hungarian strict professor. No warmth, no how are you today. So, I unpacked the violin and started playing. After the run-through of the first movement, Bartók said, “I did not think works could be played that beautifully until long after the composer was dead.” (...)(interlude.hk)