Cellist David Watkin is in he demand as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Many things make him special, but among them is combination of a passionate commitment to period performance matched by an innate musicality. His historical researches always inform his playing - they never overwhelm it. He appears in this year's Festival both as a member of the Eroica Quartet and also in partnership with Llyr Williams and Alexander Janiczek, performing Mendelssohn's Trio in D Minor