Les Chansons Instrumentales part 2, James Baillieu (piano) & Friends

It’s not often that we go to a concert for the accompanist but James Baillieu attracts such excellent friends. Philip Higham astonished and delighted us in equal measure with Poulenc’s Cello Sonata, a work so difficult that most cellists avoid it. Then Bartosz Woroch charmed us with Hahn’s exquisite ‘Nocturne for Violin and Piano’.

Adam Walker stepped up for Poulenc’s popular Flute Sonata, and after the interval they played Hahn’s ‘Variations sur un thème de Mozart’. Flute and piano seemed as one. To conclude, Adam Newman (viola) joined the other strings for Hahn’s Piano Quartet No.3, a rarely performed jewel.

Part 3 – Saturday 18 May, same venue.

All Saints Church, 17 May 2013

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