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Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan
Image credit: © Paul Stuart/Decca Classics

Archived Event

Brahms and Britten
Alisa Weilerstein cello; Inon Barnatan piano
Date
Wed 06 Mar 2024, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Availability

Artists

  • Alisa Weilersteincello
  • Inon Barnatanpiano

Programme

Encore

Overview

The Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was a champion of contemporary music, and aimed to encourage dozens of composers to write new works for the cello; he succeeded with Britten, who planned his Op. 65 during a trip to Greece in autumn 1960 and completed it over Christmas. Written during a productive summer in Switzerland in 1886, Brahms’s F major Cello Sonata was composed for notable 19th-century cellist Robert Hausmann, who subsequently premièred it in Vienna.

This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25

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