Reflection Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Huw Watkins

• Oliver Knussen (1952 - 2018): Reflection, Op. 31a:
• 1 Knussen: Reflection, Op. 31a 07:51
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Duo Concertant, K054:
• 2 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant, K054: I. Cantilene 02:53
• 3 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant, K054: II. Eglogue I 02:20
• 4 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant, K054: III. Eglogue II 03:05
• 5 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant, K054: IV. Gigue 04:27
• 6 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant, K054: V. Dithyrambe 02:54
• Huw Watkins (b. 1976): Violin Sonata:
• 7 Watkins: Violin Sonata: I. Allegro 06:36
• 8 Watkins: Violin Sonata: II. Lento 06:43
• 9 Watkins: Violin Sonata: III. Allegro 05:04
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80:
• 10 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: I. Andante 06:50
• 11 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro brusco 06:58
• 12 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: III. Andante 06:49
• 13 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo 07:20
• Total Runtime 01:09:50

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Violin and piano duo Tamsin Waley Cohen and Huw Watkins explore a violin and piano programme spanning four generations of musical imagination. Prokofiev’s F minor Sonata captivates with its dramatic intensity and baroque-inspired clarity. Stravinsky’s Duo Concertant enchants through five lyrical musical poems, blending wit, elegance, and classical poise. Knussen’s ‘Reflection’ written for Waley-Cohen and Watkins immerses listeners in a jewel-like world of colour and introspection, where every note is deliberately placed. Watkins’s Violin Sonata fuses modern lyricism with bursts of earthy vitality, creating a dialogue of subtle contrasts.

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
Huw Watkins, piano

Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Born in London in 1986, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan and works with conductors including Andrew Litton and Tamás Vásáry. She enjoys a duo partnership with Huw Watkins, whose Concertino she premiered, and together they have recorded for Champs Hill and Signum Records, for whom she is a Signum Classics Artist. With her sister, composer Freya Waley-Cohen, and architects Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina, she holds an Open Space residency at Aldeburgh. Her love of chamber music led her to start the Honeymead Festival, now in its ninth year, and she is also artistic director of the Sunday Series at London’s Tricycle Theatre. In 2016-2017 she will be a recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Awards. She studied at the Royal College of Music and her teachers included Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ruggiero Ricci, and András Keller.

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