London Concertante

BRAHMS - Cello Sonata in E minor BRIDGE - Cello Sonata IRELAND - Cello Sonata SAINT-SAENS - The Swan Cellist Chris Grist and pianist Daniel Grimwood present a richly expressive programme celebrating the lyrical beauty and dramatic power of the cello. Frank Bridge's 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-Saëns' much-loved The Swan, from The Carnival of the...