»Very British« - Kammermusik im Münchner Künstlerhaus

In the organizer's words:

"Very British" with German and French influences: Ethel Smyth, one of the first women to successfully fight for her rightful place as a composer in a male-dominated world, composed her early, highly ambitious string trio during her studies in Leipzig. Ralph Vaughan Williams and Lennox Berkeley also completed their training abroad: shortly before Vaughan Williams became a student of Ravel in Paris, he composed "Nocturne and Scherzo", one of his few early chamber music works that the self-critical composer did not later revise or destroy. Lennox Berkeley's studies with Nadia Boulanger immersed him deeply in the French musical tradition, which can still be felt in his String Trio, premiered in 1948. Finally, Vaughan Williams is "very British" in his "Phantasy Quintet", in which British folk music is a defining element - a characteristic that was to become one of the composer's trademarks.

ETHEL SMYTH
String Trio in D major
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
"Nocturne and Scherzo" for string quintet
LENNOX BERKELEY
String Trio
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
"Phantasy Quintet"

Violin JULIAN SHEVLIN
Violin VLADIMIR TOLPYGO
Viola JANNIS RIEKE
Viola JULIE RISBET
Violoncello JOACHIM WOHLGEMUTH