Violinist Sophie Rosa and pianist Ian Buckle return to Lancaster Arts, and are joined by Kate Romano on clarinet, to present a programme on the theme of ‘Flight’ especially created for this evening.
Tonight’s programme traverses a huge range of styles and expression, from Leonarda’s baroque sonata through to the playfulness of Stravinsky and Milhaud. The ensemble has linked the theme of flight with that of exile. All the composers in the programme have experienced a form of exile: Ukrainian composer Silvestrov and Jewish composer Milhaud were exiled by war, Russian composers Auerbach and Stravinsky sought artistic freedom, while Ustvolskaya’s constant search for an authentic voice led her to cut herself off from everyone and everything.
Pixels Ensemble is a versatile group of chamber music players with a shared interest in performing the finest repertoire, from the classical period to the present day. Its players are all established soloists, chamber musicians, recording artists, orchestral principals and explorers of contemporary music.
‘finely judged detail, expansiveness and lots of heart’
The Guardian
Concert Programme
Darius Milhaud
Suite
Galina Ustvolskaya
Trio
Valentin Silvestrov
Postlude no 2, for violin
Isabella Leonarda
Sonata duodecima, for violin and piano
Lera Auerbach
Prayer, for clarinet
Igor Stravinsky
Suite from The Soldier’s Tale
Credit: Helen Rae
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