TIMOTHY RIDOUT / FRANK DUPREE

The first English to win the Lionel Tertis Competition in 2016, Timothy Ridout has become an ambassador for the viola across the planet, and one of the finest representatives of the musicians of the 1990s generation. His recital will be an opportunity to discover ‘Shadow Walkers’ by the American Nahre Sol, a perfect example of an artist living with the times: a graduate of the Juilliard School, she now divides her time between her work as a pianist and her YouTube channel. The programme also includes Brahms’s Sonata in Eb, the composer’s chamber music testament. Buoyed by a serene maturity, she eschews any gratuitous virtuosity in favour of concentrating on the essentials: a sense of melodic line and harmonic depth. Ridout also sets his sights on Bloch and Enescu, two figures of modernity with very different styles: Bloch was inspired by the world of cabaret and popular Jewish melodies, while Enesco, a virtuoso violinist and teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, made the most of the instrumental richness of the viola.