VC LIVE | Wigmore Hall Presents the Sitkovetsky Trio

Tune in here on Monday, May 22 at 8AM (ET) for a special concert featuring works written by Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, and young Irish composer, Sam Perkin

We're coming to you direct from Wigmore Hall each Monday morning for a special chamber music recital – LIVE from the iconic London concert hall.

This concert features the Sitkovetsky Trio performing works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Sam Perkin — the latter of which is a contemporary Irish composer. His "Freakshow" was inspired by an internment camp in 1916 Wales that held Irish Republicans.

Program:

Sam Perkin (b.1985)

Freakshow

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Allegretto in B flat WoO. 39

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66

The Sitkovetsky Trio comprises violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, pianist Wu Qian, and cellist Isang Enders. Formed in 2007, the ensemble is the first prize-winner of the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award and recipient of the NORDMETALL Chamber Music Award at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. They have performed in venues such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux Arts, Musée du Louvre, l’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall, and Lincoln Center.

The ensemble won the chamber category of the 2022 BBC Music Magazine Awards with its recording of works by Ravel and Saint-Saëns.