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Programme

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte: A Minuet & Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major Op 56
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A major Op 90 ‘Italian’

Performers

Benjamin Huth conductor
Kryštof Kohout violin
Findlay Spence cello
Susanna Braun piano
Manchester Camerata

About

Reshaping classical forms, inviting instruments into conversation, and capturing the spirit of a place, this is an evening that illuminates the many ways structure, dialogue, and setting can inspire musical imagination.

Caroline Shaw is a boundary-defying musician who moves fluidly between roles, genres, and mediums, shaping sound with curiosity and invention. Entr’acte is inspired by the minuet and trio of Haydn’s Op 77 No 2, which Shaw describes as a journey ‘through the looking glass’, where a familiar structure is transformed through subtle, technicolour shifts in harmony and texture.

Composed in 1803 for his pupil and patron, the Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto brings violin, cello, and piano into vivid musical conversation. An unusual instrumentation for the time, the three soloists speak, interrupt, and support one another in a dynamic interplay that feels both intimate and exuberant.

Described by Mendelssohn as a ‘blue sky in A major’, his Symphony No 4 captures impressions from his Italian travels: Mediterranean sunshine, religious solemnity, monumental art and architecture, and open countryside. Connected to Mendelssohn through living and working in Leipzig, Benjamin Huth also brings to this performance the perspectives gained from travel, drawing on how music can express both observation and memory.

Tickets
Full Price £18
Student/Under 26 £12
Gorton Residents £3

Promoted by Manchester Camerata and RNCM.

This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 9pm.

*There are a limited number of tickets available for Gorton Residents.