Violet To Vita, for soprano, cello and piano by Yfat Soul Zisso published on 2016-04-29T21:10:13Z I. Men Tiliche II. O Mitya III. My Mitya Written for the Triptych Trio during the winter of 2015-16 and premiered by them at the Holburne Musuem, Bath on 8th March 2016, this piece sets some of the love letters written by Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West between 1910 and 1921. The ill-fated love affair between the two women, first documented in 'Portrait of a Marriage' by Vita's son Nigel Nicholson, ended in 1921 with the forced return of the two women to their respective husbands and families. From their childhood friendship through the dramatic years of 1918-1921 when the lovers made a series of escapes to live out a life of Bohemian freedom together abroad, they wrote to each other constantly. Violet's husband destroyed Vita's letters from this daring period, but Violet's letters were preserved. This recording is of the second performance, done on 18th April 2016 in the Birmingham Conservatoire Recital Hall. Soprano: Yfat Soul Zisso Cello: Laetitia Van Wyk Piano: Myenard Martillano Genre Classical
