Artists
- Nash EnsembleChamber Ensemble in Residence
- Simon Crawford-Phillipspiano
- Richard Hosfordclarinet
- Benjamin Nabarroviolin
- Jonathan Stoneviolin
- Lawrence Powerviola
- Adrian Brendelcello
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Simon Crawford-Phillips
Image credit: © Nikolaj Lund
- Date
- Sat 11 Feb 2023, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Sergey Prokofiev1891-1953
- Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet No. 8 in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky'
Overview
Europe’s national cultures often providedinspiration for the Romantics. Prokofiev paidhomage to traditional Jewish music, just asBeethoven incorporated Russian folk tunes intohis Razumovsky string quartets. Mendelssohn, bycontrast, earned Schumann’s praise as ‘the Mozartof the 19th Century’.