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Veles Ensemble
The performances are marvellous.
” Wellesz’s chamber music, idiomatically played by the Veles Ensemble,(…) “ Egon Wellesz – Chamber Music CD review; one of two CD “picks of the week” February 2023
Trio - Instrumental
Instrumentation
- Harmut Richter - Violin
- Ralitsa Naydenova - Viola
- Evva Mizerska - Cello
Repertoire
Programme I
Music from Austria and Hungary – links
and inspirations
Joseph Haydn - Egon Wellesz - Zoltan Kodaly - Franz Schubert
Programme II
From the classics to the 20th century:
The Journey of the String Trio
Luigi Boccherini - Ludwig v. Beethoven - Zoltan Kodaly - Ernst von Dohnányi
Programme III
Tango with Mozart
(Mozart's Divertimento and Argentinian tangos)
More on http://velesensemble.com/programmes/
Biography
The Veles Ensemble is a classical string trio based in London, UK, exploring rarely heard masterpieces as well as bringing the classics to life and onto the concert stage. The ensemble is also committed to promoting new compositions and contemporary music: the Veles Ensemble released their debut CD for Toccata Classics with chamber music by composer Steve Elcock in 2018. Their newest CD, released in February 2023, is a recording of chamber music by Austrian/British composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz. It has become a "pick of the week" in the Guardian and BBC Music magazine praised it for the "exceptional sesitivity " of the performance.
The Veles Ensemble was founded by three young successful London classical musicians – soloists, recitalists and performers in leading London chamber orchestras: Hartmut Richter (violin), Ralitsa Naydenova (viola), and Evva Mizerska (cello).
Although its foundation and focus is a string trio, the Veles Ensemble occasionally expands to play as a piano or clarinet quartet as well as other less usual line-ups.
The members of the group have performed together and separately in many important UK venues, including St. James‘s Piccadilly, the Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, St George‘s in Bristol, Chichester Cathedral, Fairfield Halls, Hexham Abbey and many concert clubs and music societies in the UK, as well as internationally, including Canada, Brazil and various European countries.
The members of the Veles Ensemble have released CDs for Naxos (Hartmut and Evva in 2017), Toccata Classics (3 CDs by Evva) and the Bulgarian National Radio (Bartok Viola Concerto, Ralitsa). The recordings have been critically acclaimed by magazines such as Gramophone, The Strad, International Record Review, German Fono Forum and American Fanfare.
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