Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico perform The Complete Mozart Violin Sonatas Sunday, May 4. It is believed to be a first for Toronto to hear all 28 sonatas performed live in one day.

The marathon will be divided into four concerts, at 11 a.m., and 1, 3 and 5 p.m., with only a short break in between. Tickets are $20 for each, or all four for $50; students $10 for one, $25 for four, available at the door or in advance from https://be-mused.ca/event/mozartsonatas.

Mozart (1756-1791) began writing these sonatas at age seven, publishing his first ones in 1764 and his last in 1788. Beethoven was particularly inspired in his own violin-piano sonatas by two of Mozart’s – the early and profound K. 304 in E minor, written in 1778, not long after the death of Mozart’s mother; and the second-last, K. 526 in A (1787).