Proms Chamber Music 7: Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet
Live from Cadogan Hall London, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and the Emerson Quartet. Barber: String Quartet, Op 11. Debussy: Feux d'artifice (Preludes). Shostakovich: Piano Quintet.
At the 麻豆社 Proms: pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet perform a programme of music by Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich.
Live from Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op 11 (2nd movement; Molto adagio)
Debussy: 'Feux d'artifice' from Pr茅ludes Book 2
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
The eminent Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns for her second Prom this season. She joins the members of the Emerson String Quartet as they make their Proms debut in a programme featuring two great chamber works of the 20th century. The concert begins with the original version of the hauntingly beautiful Adagio for strings from Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11, and ends with Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, with its darkly comic Scherzo and meditative, delicately melancholy Intermezzo. In between Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Debussy's 'Feux d'artifice' from the Second Book of Preludes - a display of technical and aural fireworks for solo piano.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quintet in A, Op.81 - Scherzo (Furiant)
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Samuel Barber
String Quartet Op.11 - Molto Adagio
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Claude Debussy
'Feux d'artifice' from Preludes Book 2
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Claude Debussy
Feux d'Artifice (Preludes book 2)
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G Minor Op.57
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet. -
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quintet in A Op.81 - Scherzo (Furiant)
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
Broadcasts
- Mon 31 Aug 2015 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Sun 6 Sep 2015 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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