Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Spring Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Program
Isabelle Watson, violin
Simón Pazos Quintana, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005
iii. Largo
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major “Spring” Op. 24
i. Allegro
ii. Adagio molto espressivo
iii. Scherzo: Allegro molto
iv. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105
i. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
ii. Allegretto
iii. Lebhaft
| 5′ | 23′ | 17′ |
ABOUT Isabelle
Isabelle Watson is a violinist and graduate of a BMus (First Class Honours) at the University of Queensland, where she learnt with Adam Chalabi and Natsuko Yoshimoto. Isabelle now studies a PhD in Violin Performance at Elder Conservatorium with Elizabeth Layton. Her practice-based research embeds nineteenth-century expressive devices into modern performances of Schumann’s violin works. Isabelle was awarded the Richard Pollett Prize (2021) and 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Chamber Music Prize (2022). She performed Bruch Concerto with Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra in 2023. In 2018, she received her AMusA. Issie has held principal positions with QYS and ARCO Young Mannheim Symphonists, and participated in AYO National Music Camp (2023 and 2024).
ABOUT Simon
Simón Pazos Quintana is a classical pianist, accompanist and teacher. He obtained his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, under the tutelage of Professor Stefan Ammer. In 2018, Simón performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro James Lowe. Later that year, Simón was the recipient of the Peter Schodde Memorial Piano Scholarship, which allowed him to travel throughout Germany, Austria and England, playing for highly respected professors to further his technical abilities and musicianship. Upon his return to Adelaide, Simón was a finalist in both the 2019 and the 2021 Geoffrey Parsons Award for piano accompaniment. Most recently, he has performed alongside William Hennessy AM and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players as part of their 2023 Summer Season concerts. Simón has completed his PhD at the Elder Conservatorium, centred around the works for solo piano by composer Aleksandr Mosolov.