Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Eva Thrarinsdóttir violin | Rosemary Attree violin
Martin Schaefer viola | Nicholas Trygstad cello
Mozart Adagio and Fugue K546 7′
Sofia Gubaidulina Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H 7′
Schumann Fugue No.6 from 6 Fugues on the Name of B.A.C.H. 7′
Schumann Piano Quartet 28′
The art of counterpoint – the way composers combine simultaneous melodic lines – is celebrated in works from different eras, each paying homage to J.S. Bach. Sofia Gubaidulina’s quartet provides an upbeat to her powerful Offertorium, itself growing out of a Bach quotation, which the Hallé plays on 30 September. Alongside his performances of Ravel with the Hallé, Benjamin Grosvenor joins a trio of the players for Schumann’s glorious Piano Quartet, its slow movement theme one of the sublime inspirations of early Romanticism.