Ernest Bloch (1880–1959) – Three Nocturnes for Piano Trio, B. 56
Sylvia Huang (violin), Martijn Vink (cello), Valère Burnon (piano)
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
– Midsummer Moon for Violin and Piano (1926)
Alexi Kenney (violon), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
– Daybreak, for voice and string quartet (1941)
Mark Padmore (voice), Katharine Gowers, Sylvia Huang (violin), Hélène Clément (viola), Raphael Feye (cello)
– Lullaby for Viola and Piano (1918)
Lilli Maijala (viola), Valère Burnon (piano)
– “Tiger, Tiger” for voice and piano
Mark Padmore (voice), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
André Jolivet (1905 -1974), Nocturne for cello and piano (1943)
Bruno Philippe (cello), Valère Burnon (piano)
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) – Transfigured Night Op. 4 (1899), arr. Edward Steuermann for pianotrio
Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Martijn Vink (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
In the natural darkness of the concert barn in Halloy, there’s an ode to the night in a matinee concert! A concert programme full of musical discoveries!
In André Jolivet’s moving Nocturne, the cello, in a long cantabile, voices a turbulent dream full of sorrow.
Ernest Bloch’s three Nocturnes for piano trio are enchanting character pieces that are by turns haunting, lyrical and restless.
A real discovery is the music of composer Rebecca Clarke. Her music stands out for its passion and power, encompassing a range of 20th-century styles, including impressionism, post-romanticism and neoclassical. Here we hear four short pieces with starring roles for violin, viola and tenor!
Finally, Arnold Schoenberg’s famous ‘Transfigured Night’, here in a version for piano trio. The work was inspired by a poem by Richard Dehmel, in which a woman confesses to her lover during a nocturnal walk that she is expecting a child by another man. The emotional impact of this announcement, the emotional coping process and the eventual acceptance of the situation is beautifully rendered by Schoenberg; an iconic work!
