Madeleine Mitchell (violin) Gordon MacKay (violin) Nigel Clayton (piano)

Judith Weir - Atlantic Drift Violin Duos
Michael Nyman - Taking it as Read for violin & piano
Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata no 2 in A, op 100 - Allegro amabile
James B Wilson - New Work for violin and piano (world premiere)
Béla Bartók - selection from Duos for 2 violins, op 44
Rebecca Clarke - Nocturne for 2 violins and piano

Part of the international Red Violin Festival Leeds, with music including folk-inspired violin duos by Bartok, Master of the King's Music, Dame Judith Weir celebrating the flow of traditional music from the British Isles to North America, lyrical music in Michael Nyman's 80th birthday year, and an exciting premiere supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation of a new work by the young composer of last year's Last Night of the Proms BBC commission. Celebrated violinist Madeleine Mitchell founded the eclectic Red Violin festival with Yehudi Menuhin, staging highly successful previous festivals throughout Cardiff with wide national media coverage. She gave a recital in Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall five years ago, prompting Michael Beverley (former Chair Opera North) and Nicholas Snowman (former CEO Southbank Centre) to encourage her to stage the festival throughout Leeds. Madeleine is joined by her regular musical partners, violinist Gordon MacKay and pianist Nigel Clayton.