Fauré’s Chamber Music with Steven Isserlis and friends | Part 2 - Live from Wigmore Hall

These concerts are free to view but your donations are essential. We are relying on the generosity of our audience to make these concerts possible. Together we can continue to provide work for musicians and present live music from Wigmore Hall. If you are watching, please visit our website and make a contribution. Thank you. Paypal: Donate via American Friends of Wigmore Hall: Once again, two substantial pieces by Fauré – the Second Piano Quartet (1887) and the First Piano Quintet (1887-1905, dedicated to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe) – are placed in the context of one of his most talented younger contemporaries, Reynaldo Hahn, whose 1905 Variations for cello and piano take their theme from Cavalli’s Il Xerse. Find out more about the Gabriel Fauré Centenary Celebrations: é-centenary-celebrations Steven Isserlis cello Joshua Bell violin Irène Duval violin Blythe Teh Engstroem viola Jeremy Denk piano Connie Shih piano PROGRAMME HAHN Variations chantantes FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89