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Music for piano trio from the Aldeburgh Festival

Violinist Leila Josefowicz is joined by brothers Huw and Paul Watkins for a stellar chamber concert that includes works by Grime, Barber, Stravinsky, Matthews and Shostakovich.

Violinist Leila Josefowicz is joined by brothers Huw and Paul Watkins for a stellar chamber concert that includes the premiere of Colin Matthews鈥� new piece, Paraphrases, written especially for her.

Shostakovich鈥檚 second trio dates from August 1944, evoking the horrors and darkness of war as well as the grief at the death of the composer鈥檚 closest friend. It is powerfully angry, defiant, bleak, desolate music that鈥檚 among the greatest piano trios, especially in the hands of these masterful players.

It is beautifully balanced with the Barber Cello Sonata, which has a passionate, song-like eloquence that shows a distinctive musical language, even at an early stage of his composing career.

Stravinsky鈥檚 The Fairy's Kiss is an abstraction of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, richly passionate and drawing its inspiration from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 musical language.

Helen Grime's Harp of the North, inspired by lines from Walter Scott鈥檚 folk-inflected poem The Lady of the Lake, is played in this concert by Paul Watkins.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from Snape Maltings Concert Hall.

Barber: Cello Sonata
Helen Grime: Harp of the North
Stravinsky:Divertimento (Le baiser de la f茅e)
Colin Matthews: Paraphrases (world premiere)
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 (30鈥�)

Leila Josefowicz violin
Huw Watkins piano
Paul Watkins cello

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Wed 25 Jun 2025 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Cello Sonata

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Helen Grime

    Harp of the North

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Divertimento (Le baiser de la f茅e)

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: Huw Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Cabaret Songs

    Performer: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Della Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Colin Matthews

    Paraphrases (world premiere)

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op. 47

    Performer: Emanuel Hurwitz. Performer: Jos茅鈥怢uis Garc铆a. Performer: Cecil Aronowitz. Performer: Bernard Richards. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Last Rose of Summer (Folksong arrangements Vol.4)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: James Newby.
    • I wonder as I Wander: Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Jun 2025 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3