This Stroll features two works by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) that perfectly illustrate the break in his style. Composed before and after the First World War. Light, sometimes almost salon-like works for piano trio, written for a student and her sisters. And a lugubrious sound painting of the war, disguised as a cello concerto.
Frank Bridge: Nine Miniatures for Piano Trio
Jack Liebeck, violin, Alexander Chaushian, cello, Ashley Wass, piano
Frank Bridge: Oration (Concerto elegiaco)
Alban Gerhardt, cello
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox
Frank Bridge: A dirge
Louise Winter, mezzo
Roger Vignoles, piano
