The allure of flute, viola and harp

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, viola-player Tabea Zimmermann, flautist Adam Walker and harpist Agnès Clément play works by Debussy, Bax, Stravinsky and Gubaidulina.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Bax: Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp
Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Stravinsky: Elegy for solo viola
Gubaidulina; Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten for flute, viola and harp

Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Adam Walker (flute)
Agnès Clément (harp)

Works for the combination of flute, viola and harp are explored by three exceptional artists, with Debussy’s late Sonata (1915) and Bax’s Elegiac Trio (1916) interspersed with solo miniatures and preceding Sofia Gubaidulina’s haunting Garden of Joys and Sorrows (1980).