Bracing and Brilliant: Leonard and Tinney continue to impress in Beethoven's violin sonatas

By Andrew Larkin, 12 May 2014

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 11 May 2014

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.12 no.2

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major "Fruhling (Spring)", Op.24

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, Op.23

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 3 in E flat major, Op.12 no.3

Catherine Leonard, Violin

Hugh Tinney, Piano

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.