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February 2025

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Masterclass

27th Feb | 12:30 - 15:30Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK

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Masterclass

4th Feb 2025 | 09:00Royal Holloway, UK

January 2025

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30th Jan 2025 | 18:30Bechstein Hall, UK

Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Beethoven
Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
Bechstein Hall, United Kingdom
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London Piano Quartet (c) Venetia Jollands 2

26th Jan 2025 | 18:30Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, UK

With Michael Trainor (violin), Zahra Benyounes (viola) & Jessie Ann Richardson (cello)
John Hawkins
Blake Visions (World Premiere)
Walton
Piano Quartet in D minor
~ Interval ~
Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 ‘Werther’
Conway Hall, United Kingdom
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Holywell Music Room

26th Jan 2025 | 11:15Oxford Coffee Concerts, UK

With Michael Trainor (violin), Zahra Benyounes (viola) & Jessie Ann Richardson (cello)
Mozart
Piano Quartet in E♭, KV 493
Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 ‘Werther’
Holywell Music Room, United Kingdom
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Schumann

23rd Jan 2025 | 20:00City Music Promotions, UK

Schumann by Candlelight
Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
St Mary Le Strand Church, United Kingdom
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Wigmore Hall

23rd Jan 2025 | 13:00Wigmore Hall, UK

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello, Laks), Gemma Rosefield (cello, Bruch), Benjamin Nabarro (violin, Monti), Jason Isaacs (presenter) & students from the Royal College of Music

Music in Auschwitz

Incredibly, there were orchestras in most Nazi concentration camps – music became a means of control. Popular ballads conjured an illusion of normality for camp arrivals, while marching tunes imposed order on slave labourers. On Sundays, performing prisoners were forced to entertain their tormentors. By using the testimony of musicians at Auschwitz and the pieces they played, this concert honours their memory and the lives of the millions who did not survive.

Monti
Czardas
Laks
Cello Sonata
Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Wigmore Hall, United Kingdom
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Glasshouse
Recording

20th Jan - 21st JanLyrita, UK

With the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Hiro Takenouchi (piano) & Martin Yates (conductor)
William Sterndale Bennett
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 19
William Sterndale Bennett
Concerto No. 6 in A minor (completed by Martin Yates)
William Sterndale Bennett/Macfarren
Concerto for two pianos
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, United Kingdom
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Coco Simon

19th Jan 2025 | 15:00Festival Drayton Centre, UK

With Coco Tomita (violin)
Schubert
Violin Sonata in A, D 574
Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. Arthur Hartmann)
Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 86 (arr. Heifetz)
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Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
Festival Drayton Centre, United Kingdom
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11th Jan 2025 | 19:30St John the Evangelist, UK

With the Sidcup Symphony Orchestra & James Ross (conductor)
Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Vaughan Williams
Henry V Overture
Walton
Suite from Henry V
Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)
Johann Strauss
Radetzky March, Op. 228
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Carducci Quartet

1st Jan 2025 | 17:30Holidays with Music, Dartington Hall, UK

With the Carducci Quartet & Garfield Jackson (viola)
Mendelssohn
String Quintet in B♭, Op. 87
Schumann
Piano Quintet in E♭, Op. 44
Dartington Hall, Dartington Hall, United Kingdom
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Garfield Jackson

1st Jan 2025 | 12:00Holidays with Music, Dartington Hall, UK

With Garfield Jackson (viola)
Bach
Gamba Sonata in G, BWV 1027
Bloch
Suite Hébraïque (Rapsodie)
Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1
Dartington Hall, Dartington Hall, United Kingdom

December 2024

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Carducci Quartet

31st Dec 2024 | 18:00Holidays with Music, Dartington Hall, UK

With the Carducci Quartet & Garfield Jackson (viola)
Mozart
Quintet in G minor, KV 516
Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
Dvořák
Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
Dartington Hall, Dartington Hall, United Kingdom
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Chethams Recital August 2019 (c) Martin Lijinsky

31st Dec 2024 | 12:00Holidays with Music, Dartington Hall, UK

Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Beethoven
Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
Dartington Hall, Dartington Hall, United Kingdom
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Simon Callaghan BBC Now (c) Yusef Bastawy 4

15th Dec 2024 | 18:30Norwich Chapel Concerts, UK

Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
Former Swedenborgian Chapel, United Kingdom
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Events - Julian Bliss

8th Dec 2024 | 19:30Highgate International Chamber Music Festival, London, UK

With Daisy Bevan (soprano), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Jürg Dähler (viola) & Ashok Klouda (cello)

The second half of the concert will feature Caroline Shaw's 'Entr'acte' for string quartet and Brahm's First Piano Quartet, played by other musicians.

Beethoven
Irish Folk Songs, WoO 152 (Put Round the Bright Wine; On the Massacre of Glencoe; Return to Ulster)
Strauss
4 Lieder, Op. 27 (Morgen)
Schumann
Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132
Schubert
The Shepherd on the Rock, D 965
St Anne's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
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5 SCT Nonet Highgate 2019

8th Dec 2024 | 15:30Highgate International Chamber Music Festival, London, UK

with Francesco Sica & Natalie Klouda (violins), Jürg Dähler (viola) & Ashok Klouda (cello)

Screening of 'Sherlock Junior' (1924)

A rare opportunity to experience this 1920’s classic silent comedy film with a live score, 100 years on from its original release.

Stephen Prutsman
Sherlock Junior (film score)
St Anne's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom

November 2024

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Raphael Wallfisch

24th Nov 2024 | 15:00Seaford Music Society, UK

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
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Rachmaninoff
2 Pieces, Op. 2
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Seaford Baptist Church, United Kingdom
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23rd Nov 2024 | 19:15Bechstein Hall, UK

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
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Rachmaninoff
2 Pieces, Op. 2
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
Bechstein Hall, United Kingdom
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Coco Tomita 2

20th Nov 2024 | 18:30Bechstein Hall, UK

With Coco Tomita (violin)
Debussy
Violin Sonata, L 140
Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
Bechstein Hall, United Kingdom
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18th Nov | 14:00 - 16:00Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, UK

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Events - Raphael Wallfisch

17th Nov 2024 | 20:30Balliol College Musical Society, UK

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schubert
Introduction, Variations and Finale, D 968a (arr. Piatigorsky)
Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
~ Interval ~
Ernest Walker
Adagio in E♭, Op. 11 No. 2
Ernest Walker
Ballade in F, Op. 11 No. 1
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
Balliol College, United Kingdom
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Albert Hall Nottingham

16th Nov 2024 | 19:30Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK

With the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra & Mark Prescott (conductor)
Borodin
Prince Igor (Overture)
Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
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Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
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10th Nov 2024 | 15:30The British Library, UK

With Thomas Kelly (piano)

Read the British Library blog post about this concert here >

Holst
The Planets, Op. 32
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8th Nov 2024 | 19:30The Waltham Forest Music Society, UK

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schubert
Introduction, Variations and Finale, D 968a (arr. Piatigorsky)
Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
Myaskovsky
Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81
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Dvořák
Silent Woods, Op. 68 No. 5 (arr. Dvořák)
Dvořák
Rondo in G minor, Op. 94
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
All Saints Church Highams Park, United Kingdom
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Ulster Hall Belfast

7th Nov 2024 | 13:00Ulster Hall, UK

With the Ulster Orchestra & Jac van Steen (conductor)
Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
Johan Wagenaar
Overture to Cyrano de Bergerac, Op. 23
Stanford
Concert Variations upon an English Theme ‘Down among the dead men’, Op. 71
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Masterclasses

3rd Nov 2024Piano Trio Society, UK

The Clarendon Muse, United Kingdom

October 2024

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18th Oct - 1st NovMalaysia

Masterclasses, Adjudication & Concerts

Recital on 20 October (1.30pm)

Beethoven
Sonata in C♯ minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
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Dyson
Six Lyrics (Melody, Intermezzo & Mazurka)
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
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Coco and Simon at St George's

13th Oct 2024 | 15:30Saffron Hall, UK

With Coco Tomita (violin)
Prokofiev
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 80
Takemitsu
From Far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
Debussy
Violin Sonata, L 140
Saffron Hall, United Kingdom
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Brompton Quartet

6th Oct 2024 | 18:30Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, UK

With the Brompton Quartet
Haydn
Quartet in B♭, Op. 55 No. 2, Hob. XVI:41
Bacewicz
Quartet No. 2
~ Interval ~
Dvořák
Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
Conway Hall, United Kingdom
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St George's Bristol

5th Oct 2024 | 15:30St George's Bristol, UK

With the Bristol Classical Players & Tom Gauterin (conductor)

Part of the St George's Bristol 'Beethoven Concerto-thon', to raise money for a new stage extension for the hall

Beethoven
Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
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Broadcast

3rd Oct 2024 | 17:00Broadcasting House, UK

BBC InTune, with Coco Tomita (violin)
Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. Arthur Hartmann)
Janáček
Violin Sonata (1st mvt)
Ligeti
Baladă şi joc (Coco & Yume Tomita)

September 2024

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Raphael Wallfisch

29th Sep 2024 | 16:00Music at Libertas

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schubert
Introduction, Variations and Finale, D 968a (arr. Piatigorsky)
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
~ Interval ~
Ernest Walker
Ballade in F, Op. 11 No. 1
Ernest Walker
Adagio in E♭, Op. 11 No. 2
Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
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Rehearsing at Conway Hall

19th Sep | 14:00 - 20:00Conway Hall, UK

Conway Hall Open House 2024

Discover Conway Hall in a series of exclusive tours for Open House London. Artistic Director Simon Callaghan will introduce the sublime acoustics of the Main Hall – home to Europe’s longest-running chamber music series. Discover the Library and Archives with Librarian Olwen Terris, and explore the home of the UK’s most comprehensive humanist archival collection. Along the way, hear some of the stories of the people who have walked its floors, and those who helped to make Conway Hall Ethical Society what it is today.

After your tour, drop in to the Brockway Room to see a pop-up display of material from our archives, including original plans and drawings, tracing the history of the building back to its origins in 1929.

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Ruth Rogers

15th Sep 2024 | 18:00Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Motcombe, UK

With Ruth Rogers (violin) & Gemma Rosefield (cello)
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
~ Interval ~
Brahms
Trio in B, Op. 8
Port Regis, Motcombe, United Kingdom
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Events - Dominic Childs

14th Sep 2024 | 19:30Concerts at St Andrews, UK

With Dominic Childs (saxophone) & Stephen Upshaw (viola)
Bruch
Acht Stücke, Op. 83
~ Interval ~
Franck
Violin Sonata
Schumann
Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132
St Andrew’s Church, United Kingdom

August 2024

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Berkeley Ensemble (c) Louise Mather 1
Recording

28th Aug - 29th AugEM Records, UK

With the Berkeley Ensemble
Tobias Matthay
Piano Quartet in C, Op. 20
Dorothy Howell
Adagio & Caprice
Sje Arts, United Kingdom
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Masterclasses

4th Aug - 11th AugGrittleton Chamber Music Course, UK

Concert on 7 August:

Bridge
Phantasy Quartet in F♯ minor, H 94
St Mary's Calne, United Kingdom

July 2024

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Raphael Wallfisch

27th Jul 2024 | 20:30Les Heures Musicales d'Aujols, Aujols, France

With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
~ Interval ~
Rachmaninoff
2 Pieces, Op. 2
Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
Eglise d'Aujols, Aujols, France
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Eglise d'aujols

25th Jul 2024 | 20:30Les Heures Musicales d'Aujols, Aujols, France

Debussy
Deux Arabesques, L 66
Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Beethoven
Sonata in C♯ minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
~ Interval ~
Debussy
Images Book 1, L 110
Gershwin
Three Preludes
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano version)
Eglise d'Aujols, Aujols, France
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20th Jul 2024 | 17:00South Downs Summer Music, Alfriston, UK

With Kate O’Flynn (narrator) and Jeremy Young (piano)
Poulenc
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant, FP 129
Saint-Saëns
Carnival of the Animals
Church of St. Andrew, Alfriston, United Kingdom
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Masterclasses

15th Jul - 22nd JulLot Music, Mayfield, UK

Recital on 16 July:

Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Nicodé
6 Phantasiestücke (Memories of Robert Schumann), Op. 6 (No.1 & No.4)
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
Fair Oak Farm, Mayfield, United Kingdom
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Coco Tomita 2

6th Jul 2024 | 20:00Dubai Opera, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

With Coco Tomita (violin)
Debussy
Violin Sonata, L 140
Enescu
Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28
~ Interval ~
Takemitsu
From Far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
Prokofiev
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 80
Ravel
Tzigane

June 2024

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Berkeley Ensemble (c) Louise Mather 1

30th Jun 2024 | 18:30Conway Hall, UK

With the Berkeley Ensemble: Sophie Mather (violin), Francesca Barritt (violin), Dan Shilladay (viola) and Gemma Wareham (cello)
Tobias Matthay
Piano Quartet in C, Op. 20
Dorothy Howell
Adagio & Caprice
Dorothy Howell
String Quartet in D minor
~ Interval ~
John Blackwood McEwen
Nugae, Seven Bagatelles for String Quartet (selection)
Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
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Dvorak

28th Jun 2024 | 19:30Marryat Players Chamber Music Festival, UK

With Sasha Raikhlina & Katharine Gowers (violins), Jenny Lewisohn (viola) & Peteris Sokolovskis (cello)
Schubert
String Trio in B♭, D 471
Kabalevsky
Cello Sonata in B♭, Op. 71 (Bartholomew LaFollette & Caroline Palmer)
~ Interval ~
Dvořák
Bagatelles, Op. 47
Kabalevsky
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 8
3 Marryat Rd, United Kingdom
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RNCM
JURY

24th Jun 2024 | 19:00RNCM, Manchester, UK

RNCM Christopher Rowland Chamber Ensemble of the Year
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Birmingham Conservatoire
Jury

22nd Jun - 23rd JunBirmingham International Piano Competition, UK

With Pamela Lidiard & John Thwaites

The Birmingham International Piano Competition - now in its new home at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - remains committed to the art of the piano recital and continues to provide young pianists aged 18-28 a chance to further their career.

In a first for the competition, competitors are offered almost complete free reign over their programming. Over the course of two preliminary rounds, three outstanding pianists are chosen for the Final, in which they each will perform a 40-minute recital in the impressive surroundings of the Conservatoire's flagship Bradshaw Hall.

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, United Kingdom
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P1300510s

16th Jun 2024 | 18:00Cervo Chamber Music, Cervo, Italy

With Arno Stoffelsma (clarinet), Lonneke van Straalen (violin), Nanna Ikutomi Sørli (viola) & Karel Bredenhorst (cello)
Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E♭, Op. 12 (1st mvt)
Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 4
Schumann
Six Studies in Canon Form, Op. 56 (nos. 2, 5 & 6 )
Beethoven
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C, WoO 36
Oratorio di Santa Caterina, Cervo, Italy
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15th Jun 2024 | 21:00Cervo Chamber Music, Cervo, Italy

With Arno Stoffelsma (clarinet), Lonneke van Straalen (violin), Nanna Ikutomi Sørli (viola) & Karel Bredenhorst (cello)
Bruch
Acht Stücke, Op. 83
Mendelssohn
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
Oratorio di Santa Caterina, Cervo, Italy
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Cervo Chamber Music

14th Jun 2024 | 21:00Cervo Chamber Music, Cervo, Italy

With Arno Stoffelsma (clarinet), Lonneke van Straalen (violin), Nanna Ikutomi Sørli (viola) & Karel Bredenhorst (cello)
Beethoven
String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Brahms
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Oratorio di Santa Caterina, Cervo, Italy