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Nicola Heywood-Thomas presents a selection of highlights from the 2022 Cowbridge Music Festival, set in the ancient market town of Cowbridge within the Vale of Glamorgan. Music by Chopin begins the concert, a romantic Polonaise performed by the pianist Llŷr Williams. Following this is music by Lili Boulanger, her Introduction et cortège. The pianist Tom Poster listening to an old recording of this work, realised that there was an unpublished Introduction to the Cortège, which he then transcribed. Poster performs this transcription and then the Cortège, with the violinist Elena Urisote. To end the concert is music by Dvořák, his Piano Quartet No 2 performed by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Dvořák wrote that when he was writing this piece, many melodies just surged upon him.

Chopin: Polonaise, Op 44
LlÅ·r Williams, piano

Boulanger: Introduction et cortège
Elena Urioste, violin
Tom Poster, piano

Dvořák: Piano Quartet No 2 in E flat, Op 87
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Elena Urioste, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Tom Poster, piano

Produced by Luke Whitlock