Experience an evening of groundbreaking classical music that challenged convention and changed the course of music.
Explore composers from different eras whose music shares striking parallels. Now regarded as masterpieces, these works were groundbreaking in their time, pushing against convention and helping to change the path of classical music.
Although united by an elegance and romanticism in their lyrical melodies, these composers were ahead of their time. When first performed, their works were often dismissed as the writings of composers not sound of mind or body.
Yet these pieces have stood the test of time, losing none of their sense of exploration, imagination and inventiveness.
Music that broke through the constraints of its time. Unbounded.
Performers
Pavlos Carvalho - cello
Pavlos Carvalho has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra and Southern Pro Musica among others. He is also a founding member and the artistic director of the chamber music group, Ensemble Reza. He has performed in venues such as the Purcell room, Kings Place, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, Teatro dal Verme. He has also recorded for the BBC and was invited to play for Prince Charles at Kensington Palace and for the 70th birthday celebrations of Rostropovitch.
Andrew Quartermain - piano
Andrew Quartermain is a British concert pianist and music educator. For 17 years he was CEO and Artistic Director of Pro Corda, the National Chamber Music School. He performs widely with instrumentalists from across Europe, and has a long-standing association with Ensemble Reza.
Programme
Debussy. Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor
I. Prologue (Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto)
II. Sérénade (Modérément animé)
III. Finale (Animé, léger et nerveux)
Chopin. Sonata for Cello and Piano G minor, Op. 65
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo (Allegro con brio)
III. Largo
IV. Finale (Allegro)
Shostakovitch. Sonata for cello and piano in D minor, Op. 40
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
