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1. Opening Concert (£14)

  • St John Sub Castro Abinger Pl Lewes, BN7 United Kingdom (map)

Welcome to our fourth Festival! This opening concert brings together many strands you will notice running throughout this year's programme. The first of course being Haydn. His piano trios are unfathomably under-performed, which is why we will have one each day in Lewes. In fact, almost all of our concerts are a demonstration of how Haydn set the bar extremely high for all subsequent composers of chamber music, and how comfortably he sits in the company of Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, and even the composers of today.

FIRST HALF

Opening Concert 1st Half
Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn

Piano Trio in D minor, Hob.XV:23, No. 37

Catherine Manson, Violin
Hannah Sloane, Cello
Bengt Forsberg, Piano

I. Molto andante
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Finale: Presto

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

String Quartet No.2 in F major, Op. 22

Michael Gurevich and Beatrice Philips, Violin
Tim Ridout, Viola
Pierre Doumenge, Cello

I. Adagio — Moderato assai, quasi andantino
II. "Scherzo" Allegro giusto 
III. Andante ma non tanto 
IV. "Finale" Allegro con moto 

SECOND HALF

Opening Concert 2nd Half
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann

Studies in Canon Form, Op. 56

Tom Hankey, Violin
Philip Higham, Cello
Bengt Forsberg, Piano

No. 1 - Nicht zu schnell
No. 2 - Mit innigem Ausdruck
No. 3 - Andantino – Etwas Schneller
No. 4 - Innig  – Etwas bewegter
No. 5 - Nicht zu schnell
No. 6 - Adagio

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 2, in G major

Tim Crawford, Violin
Philip Higham, Cello
Mishka Momen, Piano

I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Largo con espressione
III. Minuetto e Trio
IV. Finale, presto

Later Event: 12 June
2. Late Night Concert (£12 - £35)