Duo FAE Delves into Major Works for Violin and Piano

The beautiful young women of Duo FAE launched their two-week retreat with a house-concert at Weatherwatch Farm. Violinist Charlene Kluegel and pianist Katherine Petersen performed selected movements from three important sonatas for violin and piano: Brahms No. 3 in D Minor; Janacek, and Franck in A Major. It was breath-taking to experience such playing – big and energetic, yet refined and sensitive – at such close range! Because they live rather far apart during the academic year (they are pursuing DMAs at Indiana and McGill Universities), their time spent together in a Hill and Hollow Music retreat is precious. They are rehearsing repertoire for a pair of concerts to be given in Montreal, as well as material to be presented at the Brahms International Competition in Austria.  Good luck, ladies – we know you will perform wonderfully in these projects!