Nicola Benedetti, Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Benjamin Gilmore, Leonard Elschenbroich & Alexei Grynyuk

Acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti gathers an ensemble of her regular collaborators for a special Festival recital.

Nicola Benedetti Violin
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
Violin
Benjamin Gilmore
Viola
Leonard Elschenbroich
Cello
Alexei Grynyuk
Piano

Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor Op 25
Shostakovich Piano Quintet

Acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti is held in wide admiration as one of Britain’s finest young musicians. She gathers an ensemble of her regular collaborators – each performer a respected soloist in their own right – for a special Festival recital contrasting two masterpieces of the chamber repertoire.

Brahms’s G minor Piano Quartet bustles with infectious melody, and concludes with a famously fiery gypsy rondo finale. Shostakovich’s powerful Piano Quintet was written in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, and its accessible but distinctive music ranges from poignant introspection to biting satire.

it was thrilling to hear and watch Nicola Benedetti

The Times


This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Programme

Nicola BenedettiViolin
Sijie Chen Violin (replacing Anna-Liisa Bezrodny)
Benjamin Gilmore Viola
Leonard Elschenbroich Cello
Alexei Grynyuk Piano

Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor Op 25
Shostakovich Piano Quintet