ensemble türk
Ensemble
Türk
Carole Cerasi
fortepiano
Pavlo Benznosiuk violin
Richard Tunnicliffe
cello
Carole Cerasi formed her own Ensemble Türk in 1999. The ensemble takes its name from Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 – 1813), composer and author of a celebrated treatise on classical keyboard playing. A flexible group using original instruments with the classical trio format at its centre, its performances have included the prestigious Sunday morning Coffee Concerts series at the Wigmore Hall in London, also recorded by the BBC, and the Zürich Tonhalle.
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The violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk is one of the most versatile musicians working on the early music scene today. He has been described as an artist with 'star quality' whose 'playing is full of fantasy' and 'whose range of ideas seems every time more amazing'. A rare performer who is equally at home on instruments as diverse as modern, Classical, Baroque and Renaissance violins, viola and Mediaeval fiddles, he has been praised for his versatility and virtuosity.
Well known as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster, he has led and directed numerous period instrument orchestras including The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Hanover Band, Avison Ensemble, L'Arte dei Suonatori (Poland) and Le Parlement de Musique (France).
As leader of the Parley of Instruments in the mid-80's he was involved in pioneering work in the use of Renaissance violins and his improvisational abilities earned him the soubriquet "Heifetz of the Medieval Fiddle". In recent years Pavlo's performances of the entire cycle of Biber's "Rosary" sonatas have met with critical acclaim in Britain and on the continent. Pavlo Beznosiuk's extensive list of recordings is a testament to his popularity as one of the field's outstanding players. They include all of the solos in the six Brandenburg concertos with the New London Consort, Vivaldi's op.6 violin concertos with The AAM and Christopher Hogwood (Decca), Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Haffner Serenade (Virgin/EMI and Erato), and much feted recordings of the Schubert Octet and Cherubini string quartets with the ensemble Hausmusik. His world premiere recording of music by J J Walther and J P von Westhoff was released in October 2000 to great critical acclaim. His role of director with the Avison Ensemble bears fruit shortly with the release of Avison's opus 6 set of concerti grossi and his recording of the "Rosary" sonatas of Biber is due for release in spring 2004. These and his innumerable TV and radio broadcasts for the BBC and other European stations have established his pre-eminence in the field of early music. Pavlo teaches Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.
"Biber and Beznosiuk paved the way to contemplation with wonder
upon wonder"
The Times
"Imagery and Imagination were the orders of this performance"
Independent
Richard Tunnicliffe is a versatile musician, with a repertoire covering five centuries - from the Renaissance to the present day - and employing a number of different instruments. He has played as principal cellist for most of Britain's best-known period instrument orchestras, and is now much in demand as a continuo player. With the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir Simon Rattle he has taken part in Don Giovanni and Cosi fan Tutte at Glyndebourne (the latter being recorded for EMI), and Rameau's Les Boréades at the 1999 Salzburg Festival. He has also performed and recorded a vast range of instrumental music, and was soloist on viola da gamba in the 1999 Proms Chamber Music. He has performed Bach's six Cello Suites many times, in venues from London's Wigmore Hall to Australia. In 1992 he co-founded the Beethoven String Trio of London, who have recently recorded a CD of works by the late Buxton Orr (whose String Trio was written for them).
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