18th Jan | 15:00Southbank Centre, London, UK
With Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Composers in Exile
The British cellist Raphael Wallfisch, son of Holocaust survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, performs with pianist Simon Callaghan in major works by composers of diverse musical backgrounds and approaches who were caught up in the suffering and upheaval of the Second World War.
Reviews
The impressive A minor Sonata by Henriëtte Bosmans opened the second half in turbulent, heroic mode. Wallfisch used non-vibrato most effectively in the Adagio and there were piano fireworks from Callaghan in the Allegro con fuoco...
The Strad, Mar 2026
Programme
Bartók
Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 86
Weinberg
Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72
Bosmans
Cello Sonata in A minor
~ Interval ~
Laks
Cello Sonata
Martinů
Cello Sonata No. 2, H 286