Elgar Piano Quintet
BRODSKY STRING QUARTET and MARTIN ROSCOE, piano Playhouse
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PURCELL Fantasia No.5 (4’)
MACMILLAN For Sonny (5’)
MACMILLAN Memento (4’)
BRITTEN String Quartet No.3 (26’)
ELGAR Piano Quintet (37’)
No stranger to Sheffield audiences, pianist Martin Roscoe was a frequent collaborator with the Lindsay String Quartet, founders of Music in the Round. Here he joins forces with another titanic quartet, the prolific Brodskys, who have been performing for over half a century to prizes and plaudits around the world.
Elgar’s Piano Quintet is an undisputed masterpiece: a tender yet muscular work of epic emotions. The emotional core of the piece begins with a ravishing viola melody, and its final movement magically conjures a stirring chorale before plunging to a thrilling and thundering conclusion.
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Reviews
“In the mighty [Elgar] Piano Quintet the Brodskys generate a consistently stimulating rapport with the admirable Martin Roscoe... ....piercing heartache and awestruck wonder course through the ensuing Adagio centrepiece.”