Southwell Festival Chamber Soloists
including
Rachel Kelly mezzo soprano
Sara Wolstenholme violin
Lena Eckels viola
Nathaniel Boyd cello
James Pillai horn
James Baillieu³, Libby Burgess¹, James Cheung² piano
Brahms Two Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91¹
Charlotte Bray Two Shakespearean Piano Trios: That Crazed Smile / Those Secret Eyes¹
Brahms Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op. 40²
Shostakovich Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, Op. 67³
How many voices do you need for an interesting musical conversation? This programme shows how composers from the 19th to the 21st centuries have risen to the challenges of trio writing and in the process created some of their most memorable music – from the highly individual sonorities of Brahms to Shostakovich’s epic use of the familiar piano trio (violin, cello and piano). The concert will also feature work by one of Britain’s most exciting young composers, Charlotte Bray.
