Artists
- Razumovsky Ensemble
- Date
- Thu 15 Oct 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Igor Stravinsky1882-1971
- Suite italienne for violin and piano
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67
Interval
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893
- Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50
Overview
Three fine musicians join forces for a rich all-Russianprogramme which opens with Stravinsky’s colourfulSuite italienne, derived from the score for the balletPulcinella, before moving to Shostakovich’s powerfuland haunting Piano Trio No. 2, infused withRussian and Jewish folk themes.
The first half iscomplemented by the rich invention and broodinglyricism of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor.