Launch Recital and Reception

06/03/2022

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux - Thaxted Festival

- Photograph by Kaupo Kikkas

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (violin) and Ben Tarlton (cello)

Our 2022 season was launched on Sunday 6 March with a recital by exciting young musicians Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (violin) and Ben Tarlton (cello). Their virtuoso talents extended across works by Biber, Bach, Mozart and Ravel’s challenging Sonata duo for violin and cello. An audience of over 100 Thaxted Music Lovers greatly appreciated the performance, which took place in Thaxted’s United Reformed Church. The musical items were interspersed with information about the Festival’s forthcoming summer season, including details of the artists and the programmes they will perform.

The conclusion of the recital was marked by a tribute to Ukraine, in an arrangement of the Ukrainian national anthem performed by Charlotte and Ben, with the deeply respectful audience standing and observing a moving and prolonged silence at the end.

The format of a recital together with full information on our season is an established part of our Festival timetable, and it was particularly enjoyable this year to resume this event which was not possible under last year’s restrictions. In addition to a deep appreciation of the music, members of Thaxted Music Lovers enjoyed refreshments afterwards, with a chance to socialise and meet the artists. Ben and Charlotte made a strong impression as musicians to watch in future, and we hope to welcome them back to a Festival event before too long.

To join Thaxted Music Lovers and enjoy future special events, as well as priority booking for future summer seasons, please visit the Thaxted Music Lovers page.

THE PROGRAMME

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704) | Passacaglia from Rosenkranzsonaten

Ben Tarlton cello
J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) | Sarabande, Bourée I, Bourée II, Gigue from Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux and Ben Tarlton
Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Adagio from String Duo No 1 in G major K 423 (originally for violin and viola)
Ravel (1875–1937) | Sonata (Duo) for Violin and Cello

“[The Tippett Quartet] concert as part of the 2023 Thaxted Festival revealed a group of musicians of profound interpretative depth, and capable of traversing a wide range of repertoire.”
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer

“A positively life-enhancing performance of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love in English with reduced ensemble by Wild Arts…”
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer

“The performance was a joy … and the quartet brought out its sense of both structural and linear perfection.” Holst’s Phantasy Quartet Op 36 performed by the Tippett Quartet.
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer

“The Tippett Quartet and Emma Abbate have performed Schumann’s Piano Quintet together many times. On this occasion they combined flawless execution with instinctive – and utterly engaging – musicianship.”
Claire Seymour, in Seen and Heard International.

“…this was a wonderfully enjoyable and engaging performance that really punched above its weight. The audience in Thaxted clearly loved it and were fully engaged, whilst this experienced reviewer was carried away as well.”
Wild Art’s production of The Elixir of Love, reviewed by Robert Hugill in Planet Hugill

“2 terrific concerts I heard with London Mozart Players.”
Thaxted Festival concertgoer

“I think Gustav is smiling down to see how his memory and that of his best friend and colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams are honoured by the expertly played pieces they both composed.”
Thaxted Festival concertgoer

“It's always the variety and quality which keeps me coming back.”
Thaxted Festival concertgoer