Ella Hodgson-Laws (violin) and Catherine Laws (piano)

Friday 2rd May 2025, 1:00pm

York Unitarian Chapel

A programme of contrasts from the mother-daughter duo of young violinist Ella Hodgson-Laws and pianist Catherine Laws. The lush intensity of Amy Beach’s Romance is drawn together with the driving dance rhythms and timbral invention of new pieces by York composers and lyrically reflective music by Lili Boulanger and Jessie Montgomery. The programme includes premieres of a new commission from young composer Billy Ainsworth and of a newly-completed Sonata by Chilean, York-based composer Carlos Zamora.

Programme

Jessie Montgomery: Peace
Tim Brooks:Three Dances for Violin and Piano
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne
Billy Ainsworth: attention to detail, or (premiere)
Tina Davidson: Bar None
Amy Beach: Romance Op. 23 
Carlos Zamora: Sonata for Violin and Piano (premiere)

The full programme with programme notes can be found here.