International String Trio- Saturday May 17th 2025

Description

Mathilde Milwidsky on violin, Kinga Wojdalska on viola and Alexey Stadler on cello are all rising stars in the concert world. Mathilde was recently appointed Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music at the age of 29, Kinga the recent winner of the Primrose international viola competition in USA and Alexey recently played the Shostakovich cello concerto at the Proms. Each is a show-stopper. Their programme includes Beethoven’s string trio in C minor, three Madrigals by Martinu and a crowd pleaser in The Serenade by Dohnanyi.
This string trio features three of the most exciting young string players of the day. Mathilde Milwidsky was named a 2023 Classic FM rising star and “One to watch” by Gramophone magazine. Kinga has won numerous prizes in solo and chamber music competitions and Alexey was the recent winner of the Tonali Grand Prix in Hamburg.

The programme is an interesting combination of the old and new. The Beethoven String trio in C minor was one of three string trios which he wrote in 1797-9 and comes in four movements. It shows a masterful handling of chamber music and the personality of Beethoven at a time just before he wrote his first symphony. This is followed by three madrigals for violin and viola by Martinu, written in 1947 as he recovered from an accident. Two fast ones and a slow Andante follow the structure of Mozart with lovely instrumentation, and “sprung” rhythms. And “The Serenade” by Dohnanyi is always much liked by audiences.