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Classical Music

Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square

On 11 Feb 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Sensational violinist Nicola Benedetti and her trio perform masterpieces by Schubert and Tchaikovsky

By CW Contributor on 5/3/2015

Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square
Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square
Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square Joe Lloyd
Since winning BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004, Nicola Benedetti has become one of Britain’s most popular and feted violinists, with an especial interest in the musical traditions of her native Scotland. Unfailingly modest and delighted by her repertoire, she matches her undeniable talent with an admirable warmth.

For her early 2016 appearance at St John’s Smith Square, Benedetti will perform with her trio, which includes the cellist Leonard Elschenbroich (who is also Benedetti’s partner) and pianist Alexei Grynuk. Young stars all, the three will present two masterpieces by Schubert and Tchaikovsky.

The former’s Piano Trio No. 1 (1828), completed at the end of his life, has the proportions of a symphony, with four movements that take around forty minutes to play. Across this sprawl, we hear the sainted composer’s full melodic invention, with sections of sublime lightness, stormy turbulence and engrossing portent.

Tchaikovsky’s sole Piano Trio (1881-2), dedicated to his deceased mentor Nikolai Rubinstein, is equally voluminous but has an altogether more tragic progression. Its first movement is grave yet beguiling, pulling you into a world of mourning; the second, after beginning with a sweet piano tune worthy of Mozart, builds into a wildly ebullient outburst before returning to the first movement’s funeral march.


What Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, St John's Smith Square
Where St John's Smith Square, 30 Smith Square, London , SW1P 3HF | MAP
Nearest tube Westminster (underground)
When On 11 Feb 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £10-35
Website Click here to book via the Southbank Centre

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  • What the critics say

    THE SCOTSMAN

    ‘From Benedetti, there was a delicious stillness and introspection in the opening Nocturne; demonic brilliance in the Scherzo; deep, penetrating conviction of the focal Passacaglia and electrifying bravado in the burlesque finale.’

    Ken Walton

    THE TELEGRAPH

    ‘Benedetti gave the plaintive phrases in the slow movement an operatic eloquence.‘

    Ivan Hewett

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