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Deniz Sensoy (violin) & Alessio Enea (piano) – Monday 5 May

5 May 2025 Tags: , , ,

Deniz Sensoy violin | Alessio Enea piano

Debussy   Beau Soir
Stravinsky   Divertimento
Amy Beach   Romance, Op. 23
Franck   Violin Sonata in A major

 

This is the launch of our new ‘Young Artist Spotlight’ concerts, destined to be a sparkling feature of the Leamington Music Festival going forward. Turkish violinist Deniz Sensoy has already achieved notable recognition for her talent – she was named one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars for 2024, awarded the 2024/25 London Symphony Orchestra Conservatoire Scholarship, and recognized as a Britten Pears Young Artist among other accolades.

This is a perfect programme to complement our celebrations of Ravel who took inspiration in his early days from Debussy and collaborated with Stravinsky, and no violin recital in a French-flavoured Festival would be complete without Franck’s awesome Violin Sonata.

 

The finer details…

Interval: none

Estimated finish: 1.30pm

Tickets:
Centre section: £18 full price | £3 child/student
Side sections: £13 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student

Richard Watkins horn, Magnus Johnston violin, Michael McHale piano

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Maxwell Davies Fanfare Salute to Dennis Brain Op 227b
Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Op 17
Simpson Trio for Horn, Piano and Violin
Brahms Trio in E flat

 

Another champion of the music of Robert Simpson, Richard Watkins recorded the Trio nine years after its completion in 1984, and we begin the concert with a tribute to the great horn player, Dennis Brain, who shares Simpson’s centenary this year.

Beethoven’s Sonata was written at an exciting time of the most important developments in all wind instruments. And to follow, with the addition of the violin, this unusual combination of instruments brings the concert to a wonderful climax in Brahms’s glorious composition.

Richard Watkins is joined by two illustrious colleagues for this wonderfully crafted programme. Magnus Johnston is well known to Leamington audiences having performed here with both the Navarra Quartet and the Aronowitz Ensemble. Michael McHale is much in demand as a collaborator, and last played for Leamington Music with clarinettist Michael Collins in the 2017 Festival.