a musical afternoon

To me, a house isn't completely a home if there's no music in it.

Yesterday afternoon, my friend Raphael and I knocked off work a little early to play some Mozart together. In my barren living room (we're waiting on our sofa to be delivered, and we still need to do something about curtains for all the new windows), we worked our way through two piano and violin sonatas, both of which I'm now in love with:

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G, K. 379: It starts with a slow and reflective first movement (adagio), that flows right into a stormy second movement (allegro) that features this fabulous interplay between the two instruments. But perhaps the coolest thing about this sonata is that the last movement is a set of variations on what we would swear is Pachelbel's Canon! (And speaking of Pachelbel's Canon, you have seen Rob Paravonian's hysterical "Pachelbel Rant" on YouTube, right?)

Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-Flat, K. 378: There's a lot going on in this one. But my favorite part is the last movement, a playful rondo with a rapid middle section that Raphael thinks sounds like bunnies running around in a field!