Thursday 26 January 1.10pm

ROSALIND VENTRIS (viola)
DANIEL TONG (piano)
‘Musicians Benevolent Fund – supporting emerging artists’
 
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Successful Mid-day auditionee Rosalind Ventris pairs one of the great works for viola and piano, by Brahms, with a beautiful sonata from the distinguished English composer and viola player Rebecca Clarke ( 1886 – 1979). She achieved what she called "my one brief whiff of fame" in 1919 when her viola Sonata tied for first place in a competition sponsored by the American patron of music Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Striking for its passion and power, Clark's music spans a range of 20th-century styles from Impressionism, to post-Romantic, and neo-Classical.  Although she wrote nearly 100 works, including songs, choral works, chamber pieces and music for solo piano, only 20 were published in her lifetime.