Event Durham

19:30 - 21:15: Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL

Amy Beach Pastorale

Grażyna Bacewicz Wind Kwintet

Leoš Janáček Mládí

Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E minor

We are thrilled to welcome soloists from Royal Northern Sinfonia to MUSICON for a special evening of chamber music classics.

Leoš Janáček’s Mladi (Youth) is a wistful, nostalgic but celebratory look back on his younger life, a fabulous showcase for the superb wind players of Royal Northern Sinfonia, who also have a chance to shine in Bacewicz’s Quintet - a piece that encompasses both spiky, edgy melodies and velvety smooth textures in its brief duration.

The strings take over in the second half for the creative verve of Mendelssohn’s String Octet, a work of utter brilliance and understated emotional undercurrents, while the evening starts with the gentle melodies of pioneering composer Amy Beach.