Marwood, Madzar, Itzkoff Trio- Friday February 20th at 7.30 pm

Description

Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich for piano, violin and cello.

Anthony Marwood has been a leading international violinist for over 30 years, He was a founding member of the famous Florestan Trio and was made an MBE in the 2018 Honours list. He is joined by two outstanding musicians who are both internationally recognised and are world-class soloists in their own right: Alexandar Madzar on piano and Coleman Itzkoff on cello.

The programme is exciting and features the Shostakovich Violin Sonata and the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio.

The Shostakovich is an overlooked masterpiece and is suffused with a dark but riveting emotional charge. There are three movements and the first is reflective like watching the passage of time. The thrilling second is a titanic struggle between the piano and violin and the final movement a set of variations which could have been inspired by Benjamin Britten.

The Tchaikovsky Piano Trio has two long movements: the first titled “Elegiac Piece” is a sweeping narrative featuring three delicious themes in a long exposition which is repeated with some variation. The second is a monumental series of eleven variations on a winning folk-like theme. The  variety of musical treatments and the stunning diversity of expressive character recall the genius of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral suites.

The trio will also play one of the Bach cello suites.