Work: String Trio in G major, Op.9 no.1| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 2-Jun-13 07:30pm |
 Coronation Hall, UlverstonChamber Music: Idyllic Elgar Ulverston International Music Festival |
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll (arr. for piano quintet by Alfred Pringsheim)  |
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| Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Ulverston LA12 7LZ, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Jun-13 07:30pm Chamber Music: Idyllic Elgar Beethoven’s String Trio Op. 9 no. 1 was written during his early period when he was overflowing with new ideas and eager to infuse his exuberant and bold style into what was the baroque trio sonata. Wagner composed his Siegfried Idyll in 1870 during what he termed the “happiest year of his life”, and presented three performances of the work as a birthday gift to his wife Cosima on Christmas Day. She wrote ecstatically about her present: “When I woke up I heard a sound, it grew ever louder, I could no longer imagine myself in a dream, music was sounding, and what music”! Similarly, Elgar’s Piano Quintet received equally glowing words from his wife: ”E. writing wonderful new music”. Written in the Elgars’ Sussex cottage where they were seeking an escape from a number of worries in the aftermath of World War 1, passages from Lady Elgar’s diary reveal the apparent programmatic inspiration for the Quintet: “a copse of bare trees, sad and sinister”. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Siegfried Idyll (arr. for piano quintet by Alfred Pringsheim) | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series Tickets: £16 | ||
