The Four Seasons Chamber Music Series: The Last Rose of Summer

David Tobin, violin
Johanna Keszei, flute
Andreas Ioannides, piano

Beethoven - 'Spring' Sonata (24 mins) Violin+Piano
Mulvey – ‘Fothrach’ (World Premiere) (6 mins) Violin+Piano
Reinecke - Undine Sonata (21 mins) Flute+Piano
Bartók - a selection of duos (5 mins) Flute+Violin
Wallace - Last Rose of Summer (12 mins) Violin+Piano

Four Seasons Chamber Music Series: inviting audiences on a journey through the seasons, with music exploring themes of light and shadow, water and ice, and the passing of time.

Leading Irish violinist, David Tobin, together with outstanding Cypriot pianist Andreas Ioannides and Hungarian rising star Johanna Keszei on flute, present a concert of spring, water, storytelling, and summertime. Beginning with Beethoven’s ‘Spring’ Sonata and finishing with William Wallace’s famous, ‘The Last Rose of Summer’, this programme promises colour, light, hope, and joy as we move through the seasons. In between, Keszei introduces us to Udine, the cheeky water spirit in search of true love, in Carl Reinecke’s programmatic interpretation of the German Romantic tale by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. Finally, we are reminded of the history that lives and breathes in nature with the world premiere of Gráinne Mulvey’s ‘Fothrach’, meaning ‘ruin’ – a piece reflecting the ruins of Tara, the central seat of the high kings of Ireland, and the plunder that took place there.

The Artists

Violinist, David Tobin. has developed a reputation as one of Ireland’s leading classical musicians. He is currently based in Berlin and tours internationally as a violin soloist, chamber musician, conductor and concertmaster. Today, he performs with Cypriot pianist, Andreas Ioannides and Polish flutist, Johanna Keszei, both dedicated chamber musicians and soloists. All three artists have collaborated with esteemed musicians, conductors, and ensembles. Tobin has performed as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Aachen and the New York Concerti Sinfonietta and as principal/co-leader with the Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer, Luxembourg Philharmonic/András Schiff and West-Eastern Divan/Daniel Barenboim. Ioannides has collaborated with esteemed artists including John Sharp, Joseph Swensen, Atar Arad, Mark Kaplan, Peter Stumpf, the Pacifica and Ariel quartets. Keszei has performed chamber music with Carolin Widmann in the Apollo Hall of Berlin's State Opera House and has worked with great conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann and Daniel Barenboim. Both Keszei and Ioannides are recent prize-winners; Keszei of the prestigious Diploma of Merit in the Polish Music Festival and the 4th Flautiada International Flute Contest and Ioannides of the BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and the Hastings International Piano Competition in the UK. David Tobin made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in New York last year.

Presented by NCH