LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER SERIES 2024/25: EUROPEAN WANDERINGS

Athens to Bucharest: A bumpy ride through the Balkans

CAERUS Chamber Ensemble
Jonian Ilias Kadesha – violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí – violin/viola
Bartholomew LaFolette – cello
Noam Greenberg – piano

Please note that there are some changes to the previously advertised details for this concert.

The concert’s original cellist, Vashti Hunter, recently welcomed her second little girl to the world, two months earlier than expected. Her daughter’s early arrival means that Vashti won’t be performing in Leeds for this concert, but we’re very grateful to the fantastic Bartholomew LaFollette for stepping in. As a result of the personnel change there are some changes to the programme.

Our  journey from Athens to Budapest continues, via a slightly different route!:

Franz Schubert – String Trio, D 471
George Enescu – Impromptu concertant (for violin and piano)
George Enescu – Hora Unirii (for violin and piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Duo for violin and viola, K424
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances (for violin and piano)
Iannis Xenakis – Dhipli Zyia (for violin and cello)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No 2, Op 87

This is the most epic journey of them all – Athens to Bucharest. It represents the amazing diversity of rhythm, colourful dances, and powerful story-telling music that the Balkans have to offer. CAERUS explores mesmerising, spirited duos by Romanian composers Enescu and Bartók, alongside Mozart’s dazzling second string duo and Xenakis’ homage to his Greek roots in Dhipli Zyia. The programme opens with Franz Schubert’s string trio, a gem in chamber music repertoire despite being unfinished, and Dvořák’s endlessly inventive second piano quartet.