Two classical piano quintets, one in homage to the other, share the programme with works by French composers, writing much later, and and with fewer constraints of form. Ravel's Mother Goose Suite takes the best, most evocative, moments from his ballet, and Poulenc's Sextet is full of ... Read More
A very boisterous programme of music from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Hungary. Martinu’s Madrigals are some of the finest of all repertoire for string duo. It’s rousing, beautiful melodies are flanked in the outer movements by rhythmic drive and a huge, sonorous sound. You’ll be ... Read More
This is one of our favourite programmes, both to play and for our audiences. In his quintet, Mozart basks in an unusually wide range of moods and textures, bringing enormous richness from his themes. Philip Venables’ short prelude is a thought-provoking, reverent exploration of the opening ... Read More
“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire ... and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth .... And the angel which I saw stand upon ... Read More
An illuminating programme that really takes the listener on a spiritual journey. From the joyous chirrups of the violin in one of Beethoven’s most famous works to the poignant, heavenly stillness of the end of Ligeti’s masterful horn trio. Ligeti’s inspiration was not the hunting calls ... Read More
A feisty programme of music all inspired in some way or another by jazz and folk music. The sumptuous Ravel sonata conjures up the blues with some exotic harmony. Ravel’s sonata directly inspired Bartok’s trio, which was written for jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman and revels in quasi-folk ... Read More