大象传媒

Pianist Steven Osborne joins the Heath Quartet at Perth Concert Hall for a chamber concert of Classical traditions and reinventions in music by Haydn, Tippett and Shostakovich. Haydn's first mature set of quartets was written for the brilliant young leader of the Esterh谩zy orchestra, Luigi Tomasini and showcases his virtuosic panache in these concerto-style first violin parts. Steven Osborne, a leading champion of the music of Michael Tippett performs his short second piano sonata which quotes from his opera King Priam and whose abrupt contrasts and biting harmonies reflect on the harsh realities of war. Steven Osborne and the Heath Quartet come together in Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor, premiered in 1940 by the composer himself and the Beethoven Quartet. It harks back to classical forms and heralds the dark clouds of war which loomed large at the time.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op 9 No 1
Tippett: Piano Sonata No 2
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor

Steven Osborne, piano
Heath Quartet