Adrian Brendel - Tim Horton

Adrian Brendel is anything but a showman. His clear and precise playing style always demonstrates a great respect for the composer, something which he undoubtedly picked up from his father. Before Alfred Brendel bad farewell to the concert hall, both father and son embarked on a two-year world tour playing Beethoven's entire cello and piano repertoire. Tim Horton also comes from the Brendel stable. His career received an enormous boost when, in 1995, he replaced Alfred Brendel when he had fallen ill and played Schoenberg's Piano Concerto in a concert with the City of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. For some considerable time now, Tim Horton and Adrian Brendel have been a solid chamber music duo. Both of them are comfortable in all styles, from baroque to the contemporary. We can think of no better way to open a concert than with a delightful, elegantly fizzy sonata by Bach, followed by a recently rediscovered 1894 cello sonata by Zemlinsky, which reveals strong Brahms-like features. Hop, skip and jump a hundred years on and we end up at 'Pas de Deux', an abstract ballet piece by York Höller. More recent is the 'Bogenstrich' cycle by Harrison Birtwistle. The third part of the concert, 'Variations', enjoyed its first ever performance in the hands of Adrian Brendel and Till Fellner in 2007. Now you can enjoy the privilege of witnessing its Belgian premiere.