The concert took place in two halves, the first featuring music from Telemann, Haydn, Brahms and Purcell. To end the first half, the two sat down at a table to perform Mozart's Tabletop Duet, also called the Mirror Duet, where a sheet of music is placed on a table, and one violinist plays the music right side up; the other, upside down, and they meet in the middle of the piece.
The second half featured a charming selection of well-known pieces, arranged for violin and piano and included Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 1, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 10 and to end, Mendelssohn's Spring Song.
Classical Cafe takes place on the third Sunday of every month and features alumni of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada -- the Brott Music Festival's orchestra in residence. All performances take place at 2 pm and last between 1 1/2 and 2 hours. Admission is only $10 and you can enjoy some light refreshments, wine, beer, coffee, tea and some very reasonable menu items. And best of all, your $10 goes directly to the performers. Thanks to Judith Sandiford and Ronald Weihs (a fine violinist himself!) for their dedication in making events like this happen for artists in the Hamilton area. Check out the Artword Artbar at http://www.artword.net/artbar/
Kat Mrmak, Megan Jones and Artbar owners Judith Sandiford & Ronald Weihs