White Horse Concerts

‘A Bard’s Tale’ takes the audience on a journey across time and continent, with music performed on guitar, Irish bouzouki, handpan and shruti box and voice, interspersed with readings of real letters that lend an emotional context to the music.

Programme

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN  (1770 – 1827)

7 Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen in Eb Major

BOHUSLAV MARTINU  (1890 – 1959)

Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3

CESAR FRANCK  (1822 – 1890)

Sonata for Cello and Piano

The young, multiple award-winning pianists, Max Mostovetski from Leipzig, Germany recounts the legendary meeting of Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky which took place in his hometown in 1888 and performs masterpieces by these composers. The pianist moderates the concert, providing fascinating insights into the creation of the pieces and the lives of these great masters.

Travel back in time with the Nocturnalia ensemble. The Violin, Cello and Harpsichord trio will perform early music from the 1600's in the unique candlelit setting of The Lost Village of Dode

Tessera Viol Consort ( Chris Terepin, Kate Conway and Miriam Nohl) brings together some of the leading viol players of the new generation. Founded in 2024, the group explores the magical way in which consort music encourages distinct musical personalities to emerge from gloriously blended resonances.

Greek-Swedish mezzo-sporano, Hera Protopapas and German Classical pianist, Anjulie Chen will perform Schubert's Song cycle, Winterreise.  

Schubert's Winterreise is a song cycle of 24 pieces, each telling a story of heartbreak and isolation.  it's intense-bitter cold, unrequited love, a lone wanderer.  Composed in 1827, it's peak Romanticism, with haunting melodies that grip your soul.  Schubert's genius shines, capturing raw human emotion.

Whimsical Worlds - Songs and Music of Dreams, Imagination and Play