Ensemble 360

A programme of
POULENC Élégie for horn and piano
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F minor Op.80
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A minor Op.50

In memory of a great artist members of Ensemble 360 perform three heartfelt works, all written in memory of fellow musicians. Poulenc’s poignant Élégie was his touching tribute to the great horn player Dennis Brain, who was tragically killed in a car crash. Mendelssohn's String Quartet Op. 80 was originally called 'Requiem for Fanny', composed as a memorial to his beloved sister. It also turned out to be Mendelssohn's last major work as he, too, died a few weeks after finishing it. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio was written in 1881 during a visit to Italy, and he dedicated the work to his great mentor Nikolai Rubinstein. It is a brooding and a nobly elegiac memorial. Part of Love and War Music in the Round’s Festival of World Class Chamber Music.