Romantic Cello by Candlelight

Programme to include:
Bridge Cello Sonata
Saint-Sans The Swan
Villa-Lobos O Canto do Cisne Negro
Ireland Cello SonataCellist Chris Grist and pianist Daniel Grimwood present a richly expressive programme celebrating the lyrical beauty and dramatic power of the cello.Frank Bridges Cello Sonata opens the evening with music of great depth and introspection, its sweeping lines and shifting moods shaped by a composer writing in the shadow of the First World War.At the heart of the programme are two strikingly contrasted pieces centred around swans. Saint-Sans much-loved The Swan, from The Carnival of the Animals, offers a moment of poise and elegance, while Villa-Lobos O Canto do Cisne Negro (Song of the Black Swan) casts a darker, more mysterious spell, blending Romantic lyricism with the distinctive colours of Brazilian music.
The programme concludes with John Irelands Cello Sonata, a powerful and rhapsodic work admired for its emotional breadth, intensity and passion.Together, these works create a compelling journey through light and shadow, revealing the cello at its most expressive and evocative.