Alto passionately

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Performers:

Timothy Ridout
Jonathan Ware

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

Release date: 24/04/2026

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

From the intimacy of Fauré's songs to the passion of Franck's celebrated sonata, via Honoré, Büsser and Enescu: here the viola sings the praises (figuratively speaking!) of the French school, characterized by lyricism, subtlety and expressiveness. A program created for Timothy Ridout and Jonathan Ware, his piano partner.