Archived Event

Elisabeth Leonskaja 70th Birthday Concert
Elisabeth Leonskaja and Friends
Date
Sun 22 Nov 2015, 7.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 3 hours in duration, including two intervals
Availability

Artists

  • Elisabeth Leonskajapiano
  • Alex Redingtonviolin
  • Hélène Clémentviola
  • John Myerscoughcello
  • Alois Poschdouble bass
  • Jörg Widmannclarinet
  • Guest artists:

    Programme

    Interval

    Interval

    Overview

    On the eve of her seventieth birthday ElisabethLeonskaja joins members of the Doric String Quartetand Alois Posch in Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet,introduced to Britain in 1867 and a popular favouritewith audiences ever since.

    Their concert opens withMozart’s wonderful three-movement G minor PianoQuartet, among the earliest and finest works createdfor the combination of piano, violin, viola and cello.

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