‘I think we might have played this piece over 150 times…it is such a gift for this ensemble’, so said flautist Henry Roberts of the Pelléas Ensemble in relation to Claude Debussy’s seminal work, the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp of 1915 which provided the backbone and undoubted highlight of this wonderful concert at […]

‘…le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d’une occupation inutile’ wrote Maurice Ravel at the head of his manuscript to one of his most enduring piano works, Valses nobles et sentimentales in 1911. These are the words of the symbolist poet Henri de Régnier and this description of the ‘delicious and forever-new pleasure of a useless occupation’ […]

This recital was given by Lana Trotovšek (violin) and Maria Canyigueral (piano) on Friday 4th March 2022 at Inverurie Town Hall. The first half of the concert consisted entirely of works by the Ukrainian born composer Sergei Prokofiev. The programme opened with his Sonata in D major for solo violin, opus 115. Written in 1947, […]

This recital was presented by the Cargill Piano Trio on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Kemnay Village Hall. The recital opened with Haydn’s Gypsy Rondo Trio in G major, No. 39. This work is probably Haydn’s most popular, and justice was certainly done, with beautiful ensemble playing throughout. In the first two movements, the violin […]