The Nash Ensemble returns to the Cheltenham Festival to launch five elements of this year's event: the first ever cycle of Beethoven's trios performed in their entirety; music by composer in residence
Michael Berkeley and by his late father Sir Lennox
Berkeley; a survey of Debussy's music 75 years after his death; and music by the anglophile
Jean Frangaix , starting with the first British performance of a work given its world premiere last October. Nash Ensemble:
Philippa Davies (flute) Marcia Crayford (violin) Roger Chase (viola)
Christopher van Kampen (cello)
Skaila Kanga (harp)
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Beethoven Six Landler for string trio (WoO 15)
Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola, Op 25
8.25 Michael Berkeley with the first of three reminiscences about his father, Sir Lennox Berkeley.
8.30 Michael Berkeley
Nocturne for flute, harp and string trio Lennox Berkeley
String Trio, Op 19
Francalx Quintet No 2 for flute, harp and string trio (first UK performance) (Given last Sunday in the Pittville Pump Room in association with Cheltenham Ladtes' College and the Cheltenham College)