Bulgarian American violinist Bella Hristova makes her debut with the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle, joining acclaimed pianist Anna Polonsky for a vibrant recital. Their kaleidoscopic program features masterpieces from the classical canon by Bach and Haydn, Grieg’s impassioned Second Violin Sonata—composed during the joyous weeks of his honeymoon—and the world premiere of a new solo violin work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Program:

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in C minor, BWV 1017 (1717–23)

• Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 (1793)

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1018 (1717–23)

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Carousel for Solo Violin (2025), World Premiere

• Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13 (1867)