Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) Piano Quartet no.  in D major, Op23 Allegro moderato Andantino (Tema con variazioni) Finale. Allegretto scherzando Dvořák composed his first piano quartet in 1875, the same year that Brahms composed his third and final work for the...

BRING A PACKED LUNCH. A visit to the renowned collection of baroque and classical bassoons, curated by the late William Waterhouse.  At the invitation of Elisabeth Waterhouse. The visit is free, we would just like to have some idea of...

Jacqueline Johnson cello Dominic Piers Smith  piano Frederic Chopin  (1810-49) Sonata for cello and piano Op 65 (1845-46) If the piano was the center of Frédéric Chopin’s universe, the cello was a significant satellite. Three of his four chamber works...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Trio (1914) Ravel’s Piano Trio was the last of his great pre-War scores. In fact, he completed the piece in a rush to join the French army in the late summer of 1914 (thankfully, for Ravel and...