Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih
Garsington Opera’s Concert Series in association with Wigmore Hall
Event details
21 January 2027
Acclaimed for their partnership, internationally renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and award-winning pianist Connie Shih appear at Garsington Studios for the first time with a varied programme featuring Beethoven’s well-known Judas Maccabeus variations, late-Romantic French composer Bonis’s beautiful and lyrical Cello Sonata and Steven’s own arrangement of Schumann’s Second Violin Sonata.
If you would like to stay for supper afterwards, an informal buffet-style meal will be served in the café after the performance at shared tables. The two-course menu is £40 per person and includes a glass of house wine (see below for details).
Tickets
£55 concert
£40 dinner
Timings
Building opens from: 6pm
Concert start time: 7pm
Supper: c 8pm
Venue
Garsington Studios
Booking
Members’ priority booking opens at 10am on Wednesday 13 May
Public booking opens at 10am on Wednesday 27 May
21 January 2027
21 January 2027
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Variations in G major on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, WoO45
Mel Bonis (1858–1937)
Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 67
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op. 121 (arr. Isserlis)
Performers
Cello
Steven Isserlis
Piano
Connie Shih
Menu
Main
Beef and celeriac stroganoff with crispy thyme crumb
Cauliflower and celeriac stroganoff (V)
Sides
Wild rice pilaf with roasted root vegetables
Wilted winter greens
Dessert
Lemon meringue pie