Songs without Words: Mendelssohn, Brahms & Rachmaninov

MENDELSSOHN Song Without Words Op.109 (4’)
BRAHMS Horn Trio (30’)
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words ‘Spring Song’ (3’)
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words ‘Venetian Gondola Song’ (3’)
RACHMANINOV Vocalise from 14 Romances (5’)
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke (10’)
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words ‘Folk Songs’ (3’)
DOHNÁNYI Sextet (30’)

Mendelssohn’s exquisite ‘Songs Without Words’ – richly lyrical and profoundly heartfelt miniatures – are performed alongside glittering masterpieces of the Romantic era that showcase the vocal influence on instrumental music.

Brahms's uniquely expressive Horn Trio is at times muted and intimate, at others soaring and declamatory; Rachmaninov's ‘Vocalise’ brings poignancy; and Dohnányi's magnificent Sextet is a passionate, rhapsodic piece full of ardent fervour and lyrical intensity.