About this programme

Live from the Cheltenham Music Festival, presented by Martin Handley. One of a series of concerts at this year's festival exploring music written between 1914 and 1918, tonight's concert features music from the year 1915, including two of Debussy's final chamber works. Emily Beynon, Jennifer Stumm and Sally Pryce begin with Debussy's penultimate work, his Sonata for flute, viola and harp, and at the centre of the concert is Steven Isserlis's performance of Debussy's Cello Sonata with Connie Shih. Violinist Henning Kraggerud and pianist Christian Ihle Hadland join forces to perform Szymanowski's Mythes, and to close the concert the Escher Quartet is joined by Matthew Hunt for Reger's Clarinet Quintet, the composer's final work. Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp. Emily Beynon (flute), Jennifer Stumm (viola), Sally Pryce (harp). Szymanowski: Mythes. Henning Kraggerud (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano). Debussy: Cello Sonata. Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano). 8.00 Interval Music. 8.20 Bartók: Romanian Dances. Connie Shih (piano). Reger: Clarinet Quintet. Matthew Hunt, Escher Quartet.