Rebecca Clarke appears with her Sonata for viola and piano (1919). Works by William Walton, Frank Bridge, Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Theodore Holland are featured, with Matthew Jones on viola and Michael Hampton on piano for NAXOS 5.572579.
The article discusses a tribute to Bernard Greenhouse in Wellfleet by the Borromeo String Quartet (Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, Mai Motobuchi, Yeesun Kim, and Laurence Lesser). It mentions Greenhouse’s long association with the Beaux-Arts Trio, his death at age 95, and details from the concert including a video portrait and pieces such as the adagio from Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major and Muhammad Fairouz’s Choral Fantasy for String Quartet.
The Guarneri del Gesù violin known as Rebrecht, built in 1728, will be played in Russia. Dmitry Kogan and the Newton PR & Communications team discuss its transfer to Russian ownership via the Foundation for Preservation of Unique Cultural Projects named after Kogan; the instrument will be loaned to Russian audiences and presented in Russia after its transfer to new owners.