Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Ben Goldscheider horn | Elena Urioste violin | Tom Poster piano

Ethel Smyth  Trio for Violin, Horn and Pianoforte
Brahms  Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, hailed for its “exhilarating performances” (The Times), was dreamed up in 2017 by Tom Poster and Elena Urioste, who met through the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme. Kaleidoscope’s flexible roster features many of today’s most inspirational musicians, both instrumentalists and singers, and the Collective is particularly renowned for its creative programming, marked by an ardent commitment to celebrating diversity of all forms and a desire to unearth lesser-known gems of the repertoire.

Indeed, it was this wonderful programme that inspired the theme for this year’s Festival of ‘Favourite treasures, Forgotten gems’.

Brahms’s Horn Trio is all 19th-century Romanticism, and is said to have a strong emotional connection to the death of his mother three months earlier. Dame Ethel Smyth is one of the most important British composers that bridged the gap between the 19th and 20th centuries; encapsulating technique, melodies and arrangement, her Trio is a good challenge for musicians.

The finer details…

Interval: none

Estimated finish: 1pm

Tickets:
Centre section: £18 full price | £3 child/student
Side sections: £13 full price | £6.50 under-35s | £3 child/student