On this day, Debussy's Violin Sonata in G Minor premiered in 1917 | The first performance was given by violinist Gaston Poulet with Debussy at the piano | Here violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Jun Cho perform the 2nd movement of the sonata, as a part of their Vanguard Concert Series 1 debut | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/claude-debussy-violin-sonata-g-minor-premiere-on-this-day-1917/ | The Violin Channel

Played an excerpt of the Tartini “Devil’s Trill” on the Podium Witteman Show last night. The name “Devil’s Trill” comes from a dream Tartini had, where the devil appeared before him and asked to be his servant and granted all he desired. Tartini decided to give the devil his violin to test his skill, whereupon the devil proceeded to play the most wondrous melody Tartini had ever heard. 😈🎻🎶👂🏼😩 In Tartini’s own words: “How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so bea