Online: The Beauty of Arensky | Pushkin House Music Festival 2021

This concert will be recorded in our 18th century home, ‘premiered’ online on 9 March, and then will be available to watch on demand using the same ticket for one week (one month for Festival Pass holders).

A unique opportunity to explore the vocal output of Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906), whose talent was placed incredibly high by Tchaikovsky. Students and graduates of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama combine forces with pianists Alina Sorokina and Thomas Ang to present a varied and innovative programme shedding light on the music of this rarely-heard composer. The programme includes Tchaikovsky’s Legend, Op 54 no 5, which Arensky used as a theme for his famous Variations, Op 35a.

This concert is kindly supported by the Nicholas John Trust and is part of the 2021 Pushkin House Russian Music Festival with all concerts recorded in our 18th century home, ‘premiered’ online then available to watch on demand. The rare programme of the Festival can be enjoyed through a festival pass or through booking individual concert tickets. The Festival Pass gives you access to all the concerts and events being premiered between 2 and 14 March 2021, for one month after the premiere date. Individual ticket holders will be able to access the concert and content on demand for once week from the premiere date.

Early Bird Festival Pass £75 available until 15 February; thereafter £97. The pass includes an exclusive talk and Q&A on Russian Chamber Music with Philip Ross Bullock, professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford and Alexander Karpeyev, the Pushkin House Music Festival artistic director.