Details
Trinity Henleaze URC Church
Waterford Road
Henleaze
Bristol
BS9 4BT
England
Programme
Anton Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op.35a
Dmitry Shostakovich – Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra in C minor, Op.35
Performers
Daniel Tong – piano
Gavin Wells – trumpet
Bristol Ensemble
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Programme Note
We move to Russia for the next in this year’s series with music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Anton Arensky’s tribute sets a melody from the fifth of Tchaikovsky’s Sixteen Children’s Songs in a set of variations exploring the lyrical melody. Shostakovich’s concerto fuses a bewildering array of styles and genres, embracing jazz, folk tunes and quotations from Beethoven and Haydn as well as referencing some of Shostakovich’s own work and is paired with Tchaikovsky’s graceful and classically-styled Serenade for Strings.