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24th March 2019 – Aquinas Trio – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio in E, Hob. XV:28 (1797)

Allegro moderato
Allegretto
Finale. Allegro

It is easy to undervalue Haydn’s Piano Trios. The string parts often double the keyboard and generally lack the independence found later, say in Beethoven. But for much of his piano trio output, Haydn’s hands were tied by the underpowered keyboards that he was writing for – doubling of the weak keyboard bass line was a necessity. Viewed on their own terms as ‘keyboard sonatas with string accompaniment’, we can enjoy their virtues rather than wishing they were Beethoven. Continue reading 24th March 2019 – Aquinas Trio – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Coffee Concert 24th February 2019 – Castalian Quartet with Daniel Lebhardt – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear

Anyone heading for the Attenborough Centre this Sunday looking forward to the Castalian Quartet playing some old favourites – Haydn, Elgar and Brahms – would have been disappointed. A notice in the foyer warned that Daniel Roberts, second violin, was unable to play (a trapped nerve rendered him unable to lift his left arm) and that changes to the programme would be necessary. As it turned out we still got the Brahms piano quintet Opus 34, thanks to the excellent Benjamin Baker on second violin, but instead of Haydn and Elgar Continue reading Coffee Concert 24th February 2019 – Castalian Quartet with Daniel Lebhardt – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear

Coffee Concert 24th February 2019 – Castalian Quartet with Daniel Lebhardt – Other reviews

 

Sini Simonen (first violin), Benjamin Baker deputising for Daniel Roberts (second violin), Charlotte Bonneton (viola), Christopher Graves (cello). With Daniel Lebhardt (piano).

First half: Schubert String Trio in Bb D471, Mozart String Duo in G K 423, Beethoven String Trio in C minor Opus 9 No 3 – deputising for Haydn Quartet in C Opus 20 No 2, Elgar Quartet in E minor Opus 83. Second half: Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34.

A trapped nerve Continue reading Coffee Concert 24th February 2019 – Castalian Quartet with Daniel Lebhardt – Other reviews