'Duo Concertant' - Stravinsky | The Purcell School - Tomorrow's Artists Today

The Purcell School: Tomorrow’s Artists Today
March 1st 2020, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Students from The Purcell School share their love of Beethoven, Stravinsky and Shostakovich

Programme:

String Quartet Op 18 No. 2 (I Allegro) - Beethoven
Sebastian Berg (Violin), Hilde Jentsch (Violin), Catherine White (Viola), Anna Maclean (Cello)

Duo Concertant - Stravinsky
Lina Jukneviciute (Violin), Yumeka Nakagawa (Piano)

Five Pieces for Flute, Violin and Piano - Shostakovich
Sofiia Matviienko (Flute), Alexander Gonzalez Pavlova (Violin), Yenglik Karassartova (Piano)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (I Allegro con brio) - Beethoven
Shiwen Chen (Piano Soloist), The Purcell Middle School Orchestra

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On Sunday 1st March, The Purcell School presented a whole day of stunning music-making in memory of Oliver Knussen, with four concerts given by over 100 outstanding Purcell students, staff, alumni and guests at the Southbank Centre.

Oliver was a Purcell student before he became the famous, beloved giant of the music world. These programmes honour his memory and all he did to promote music in the school, in the UK and throughout the world. Three daytime recitals took place in the Purcell Room followed by an orchestral concert in the QEH in the evening, showcasing music with links to Knussen, as well as Beethoven’s 250th anniversary plus Sonya Knussen, the composer’s daughter and a Purcell alumna, narrating Britten’s ‘Young Person’s Guide’.

Special thanks to Black Swan Film & Video and BMP for the video and sound recording:

https://www.bsfv.co.uk/
https://www.bmp-recording.co.uk/

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