Returning for the second in his series of solo Bach recitals, Ensemble 360 violinist Benjamin Nabarro performs two masterpieces of the Baroque, JS Bach’s spellbinding Sonata No.2 and Partita No.2.
Returning for the second in his series of solo Bach recitals, Ensemble 360 violinist Benjamin Nabarro performs two masterpieces of the Baroque, JS Bach’s spellbinding Sonata No.2 and Partita No.2.
Step inside the music of Bach, up-close and reimagined, in this specially created surround-sound installation running alongside Benjamin Nabarro’s recitals in the tranquil setting of Upper Chapel.
Step inside the music of Bach, up-close and reimagined, in this specially created surround-sound installation running alongside Benjamin Nabarro’s recitals in the tranquil setting of Upper Chapel.
Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8 and Quartet No.3. are deeply expressive, raw and emotional. Both quartets are rich with evocation and allusion – to Shostakovich’s own work, to the sounds of battle, and with his response in the aftermath of war.
Ensemble 360 performs two of Shostakovich’s late string quartets in this, the second concert of Music in the Round’s Shostakovich Weekend. Music of extremes, these quirky quartets are at times exuberant, at others sombre, and often capricious, playful and energetic.
Music in the Round’s Shostakovich Weekend concludes with a celebration of some of the composer’s best-loved chamber music featuring the piano.
Ensemble 360’s Tim Horton and Gemma Rosefield join Soviet-music specialist Patrick Zuk (Durham University) for an hour of illuminating conversation delving into the life and work of Dimitri Shostakovich.
Music in the Round’s Visiting String Quartet returns to Sheffield for its final immersive afternoon and evening of concerts exploring the music of Felix Mendelssohn.
The Consone Quartet completes its series of Mendelssohn’s chamber works with his String Quintet No.1, a work full of youthful joie de vivre.