Proms Chamber Music
For the seventh year, Proms Chamber Music returns to Cadogan Hall every Monday lunchtime presenting a wide range of music, from French Baroque with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques () to the world premiere of Sally Beamish's new work for the Elias Quartet ().
In solo recitals, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs Bach's Goldberg Variations () and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, a ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs a dynamic programme of Liszt and Prokofiev ().
In the first of his two Proms this season, acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma teams up with pianist Kathryn Stott for Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata and a new piece by Graham Fitkin (). There are other duos from featured violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt, who perform sonatas by Mozart and Bartók (), and featured flautist Emmanuel Pahud, accompanied by regular partner Eric Le Sage, in music of the Forties by Martinů, Dutilleux and Prokofiev ().
There is also a Proms Chamber concert devoted to the music of Britten and his teacher Frank Bridge from the Aronowitz Ensemble and oboist Nicholas Daniel, which includes Tom Poster giving the London premiere of Britten's Piano Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge ().