BRUCH Piano Quintet in G minor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Nash Ensemble
Ian Brown piano
Stephanie Gonley, Annabelle Meare violin
Lawrence Power viola
Adrian Brendel cello
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions)
NB Unallocated seating
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Part of the 2016/17 season
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
The inimitable Nash Ensemble celebrate two of the most tuneful chamber music composers of their time, Bruch and Vaughan William – and their little-known connection.
In 1897 the young Englishman Ralph Vaughan Williams spent an enjoyable few months in Berlin studying with the renowned German composer Max Bruch. 'Bruch encouraged me,' Vaughan Williams recalled, 'and I had never had much encouragement before.' Bruch’s official testimonial for Vaughan Williams calls him 'a very good musician and a talented composer'; Vaughan Williams also remembered Bruch appreciating his 've-ry o-riginaal ideeas' – though not his harmonies, which were 'rather too originell'. Hearing their music together, the delightful surprise is discovering how much they had in common.
NB Please note that this programme was incorrectly printed in some early listings.
