Hidden Gems concerts were created to highlight often unjustly overlooked classical music pieces. In this concert you will hear wonderful music by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Amy Beach, Prokofiev and others.

Pianist Elena Toponogova joined by soprano Eleanor Penfold and violinist Anna Ovsyanikova.

Programme:

Amy Beach (1867-1944) Romance for violin and piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) La flûte de pan

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Romance - Silence ineffable

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) Prelude in B minor for piano solo

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Musical moments op 16 in D flat major and B minor

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) Fairy Tale in F minor op 26 no 3 for piano solo

Jonathan Dove (born 1959) “My love is mine”

Michael Head (born 1961) “Estuary” for soprano and piano

Interval

Mykola Lysenko (1842-1919) “The Sun is setting” for violin and piano

Mykola Lysenko (1842-1919) “A moment of despair” for violin and piano

Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) “The clock”, “The Angel” for piano solo

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Waltz from “Cinderella” for violin and piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) “Die Nacht” op 10 no 3, “Morgen!” op 27 no 4