AFCM Ray Golding Sunset Series 5 - Epoch Echoes

In a special AFCM co-commission, Australian composer Lee Bradshaw has completed a work that was started by Gideon Klein 80 years ago in the Nazi concentration camp where he was incarcerated. Klein was murdered on January 25th, 1945, and that date is the title of this new work. To accompany it, we feature Mendelssohn’s incredible C minor Piano Trio, written 100 years earlier in 1845. Mendelssohn, despite being baptised at age seven, had Jewish roots and suffered denigration during his lifetime because of it; fortunately, we have subsequently recognised his genius!
Concert Details
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Isang Enders, Qian Wu
GIDEON KLEIN
Duo for Violin and Cello
Alexandra Raikhlina, Charlotte Miles
LEE BRADSHAW
January 27, 1945
Alexandra Raikhlina, Jack Liebeck, Stefanie Farrands, Charlotte Miles, Alexander Krichel