Fauré’s Chamber Music with Steven Isserlis and friends | Part 3 - Live from Wigmore Hall

These concerts are free to view but your donations are essential. We are relying on the generosity of our audience to make these concerts possible. Together we can continue to provide work for musicians and present live music from Wigmore Hall. If you are watching, please visit our website and make a contribution. Thank you. Paypal: Donate via American Friends of Wigmore Hall: The programme brings another reminder of the durable and mutually beneficial relationship between Saint-Saëns and Fauré, though the latter’s Second Piano Quintet (1921) – which Aaron Copland considered the comp...oser’s masterpiece – is dedicated to another colleague, Paul Dukas. In turn dedicated to Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, Fauré’s Second Violin Sonata premièred in 1917, and the Saint-Saëns Trio in 1892, which monumental work may be considered his chamber music masterpiece. Find out more about the Gabriel Fauré Centenary Celebrations: é-centenary-celebrations Steven Isserlis cello Joshua Bell violin Irène Duval violin Blythe Teh Engstroem viola Jeremy Denk piano Connie Shih piano PROGRAMME FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 92 YSAŸE Violin Sonata in D minor ’Ballade’ (dedicated to George Enescu) Op. 27 No. 3 FAURÉ Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115

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