Friday 16 July 2010
Tring Chamber Music presents
Dvorak and his Czech Mates
The brief and passionate opening to Janacek's violin sonata is characteristic of the warmth and intensity of so much Czech music. Like other composers, he turned to the intimacy of chamber music to express deep, often secret feelings. Dvorak wrote his Miniatures and his Piano Quintet in the same year. The former are unjustly forgotten whereas the quintet occupies a lofty place in the chamber music repertoire with its glowing melodies, piquant rhythms and a lyrical quality which is so typical of the Czech chamber music tradition. Martinu's unusual Sonata for Two Violins and Piano adds a crisp, neoclassical and jazzy flavour to a programme which comes straight from the heart.
| Janacek | Violin Sonata |
| Dvorak | Miniatures for 2 violins and viola Op 75a |
| Martinu | Sonata for 2 violins and piano |
| Dvorak | Piano Quintet in A major Op 81 |
Tickets: £13 (Concessions £11)
Under 18's: free
Cheques payable to: 'TCM Concerts' with sae to: 1 Pendley Bridge Cottages, Tring, Herts HP23 5QU
01442 822732 (TCM only)
jehorder@aol.com
Concert starts 7.30 pm
| James Lisney | piano |
| Paul Barritt | violin |
| Adi Brett | violin |
| Jonathan Barritt | violin |
| Josephine Horder | cello |
'English violinist Paul Barritt and pianist James Lisney are not only excellent individually - Barritt with his agile attack, variegated tone, and huge technique and Lisney with his fleet dexterity, nuanced balances, and subtle dynamics - but together their performances are more than the sum of the parts.' (All Music Guide USA)