Piazzolla – 3 Tango Sensations for accordion and string quintet (Anxiety, Asleep, Fear)

Vaughan Williams – Lark Ascending (with Corey Cerovsek and James Crabb)

Agri/Carli - Desde Adentro arr. Crabb (accordion, string quintet and piano)

Saint-Saens – Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (with Jack Liebeck and James Crabb)

James Crabb - accordion
Amandine Savary - piano
Corey Cerovsek - violin
Jack Liebeck - violin
Alexandra Raikhlina - violin
Simon Oswell - viola
Thomas Carroll - cell
Benjamin Hughes - cello
Tim Gibbs - double bass

The accordion is an instrument not often heard in chamber music but it has its own distinctive voice and repertoire. Today we hear some of the best of that repertoire, both in original compositions and in arrangements by James Crabb, one of the world’s finest players.