Joshua Bell is considered one of the finest and most-requested violinists in the world. Steven Isserlis is an equally acclaimed British cellist. Jeremy Denk is heralded as one of the most thoughtful and impressive pianists in classical music. The three have teamed up for a series of concerts with multiple stops in Southern California. On Wednesday the Bell-Isserlis-Denk Trio will perform at The Soraya in Northridge.
On the program for the concert are Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1, in D minor, Op. 49;
Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2, in E minor, Op. 67 and Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor. In the promo below they talk about also playing Rachmaninoff. Could that be the encore?
This tour marks the first time these three performers and friends have toured together. They played together on a 2016 Sony Classical recording For the Love of Brahms. They performed the Brahms Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8 on that record.
Bell & Denk recorded the music of Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Franck for their 2012 recording French Impressions.
Bell & Isserlis recorded French Chamber Music with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet for release in 2005.
Bell-Isserlis-Denk is billed as a super group of classical musicians. There have been super groups before and there will be super groups after. But this is going to be one of the finest performances of chamber music you can see this year.
The additional regional Bell-Isserlis-Denk Trio tour dates include May 7th at the Granada Theatre at UC Santa Barbara. May 9th at the Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa and May 12th at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
For tickets at The Soraya go here.
Photo of Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk and Steven Isserlis by Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of The Soraya