27th September 2025
Riya Hamie & Berniya Hamie
Four Russians & a German
In Rachmaninoff’s Company ~ the Russian Cello Tradition
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise arr. Brandukov
Karl Davydov – Souvenirs d’Oranienbaum Op.17, No.1 Adieu
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Valse sentimentale
Anatoliy Brandukov - Mazurka
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen - Resignation & Perpetuum mobile, op.24
Interval
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata, Op.19
We received some lovely written comments following this performance, here are just three of them:
“The concert and everything around was beautiful! Thank you so much for having arranged this. Having had connections to the well-known Stuttgart Orchestra for many years, I was used to concerts of a high standard and quality. But I haven’t heard the cello handled in such a masterful way for a long time. Such a delicate interpretation, such sensitivity and depth of sound, I was truly moved.”
— Roswitha Shanahan(translated from German) “What a wonderful concert and what a wonderful evening, simply unforgettable. The music was amazing; the musicians were outstanding.”
— Christel Bog“Thank you so much for a wonderful evening. We were blown away by the musicians, they are incredible. A very impressive and successful event.”
— Maeve Lynch & Andrew Milton ThompsonRead more about Riya & Berniya Hamie on their website: www.astatinetrio.com