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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The George Enescu International Festival - Albéniz and Beethoven

The George Enescu International Festival - Albéniz and Beethoven

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The Sitkovetsky Trio perform a Beethoven serenade.

The George Enescu International Festival: pianist Nelson Goerner plays Albéniz's Iberia and the Sitkovetsky String Trio play Beethoven's cheerful early Serenade in D.

Sarah Walker introduces more performances from the 2022 George Enescu International Festival.

The George Enescu International Festival has been held in Bucharest, Romania since 1958 to honour the composer, pianist, violinist and conductor George Enescu, a man who played for Brahms, studied composition with Fauré and Massenet and was a friend of some of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, amongst them, Isaac Albéniz.  Enescu's pupil, Yehudi Menuhin described him as "The Absolute, by whom I judge all others." It is to honour his memory that many leading musicians come to Bucharest to take part in what is now one of the world's leading music festivals. Today, Nelson Goerner brings his exquisite touch to Albéniz's impressionistic masterpiece and the Sitkovetsky Trio rejoice in one of Beethoven's most cheerful works. 

Albéniz: Iberia - book 4 
Nelson Goerner (piano)

Beethoven: Serenade in D major Op.8 for string trio
Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Alexander Gordon (viola), David Geringas (cello)

Moritz Moszkowski: Guitarre Op.45 No.2
David Grimal (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)

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