Past Events

Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver play the Shostakovich Violin Sonata with an introductory talk by Gerard McBurney. Valentin Silvestrov- Postlude no 2 for solo violin Chloë Hanslip Talk by Gerard McBurney with musical illustrations -Interval with canapes and sparkling wine Dmitri Shostakovich- Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 134 Chloë Hanslip, violin and Danny Driver, piano The violin sonata was written in the later period of Shostakovich's and in its strangeness and unpredictability speaks eloquently of the delicate task of the artist in a society where freedom of speech was severely restricted and works of art were…