17 - 19 Apr 2009 , All Day
Trinity College of Music presents some of the world’s leading string quartets celebrating iconic works of the genre. In one weekend experience the Endellion, Brodsky, Smith, Wihan, Carducci and Allegri String Quartets performing Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bartók, Shostakovich, Tippett, Reich and more. Festival Patron, Martin Lovett OBE, of the Amadeus Quartet.
11 concerts. 9 world-renowned string quartets. 14 masterclasses. Music written from 1783 - 2009. Archive film showings. Competitions. Talks. Improvisation and experimental music. Historic & beautiful surroundings. One weekend. 17-19 April 2009.
Tickets available for through the box office on 020 8463 0100 or via www.ticketweb.co.uk To see a full listing of events, visit www.tcm.ac.uk/stringquartetfestival
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
16.30
Brodowski Quartet
£5, £2 concessions -Tickets on door only
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
7.30pm
Endellion Quartet
Schubert, Quartettsatz
Haydn, String Quartet Op.76 No.3
Mozart, String Quartet K421
Beethoven, String Quartet Op.59 No.2
£12/ £9 concessions
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Queen Mary Undercroft, Old Royal Naval College
10.30pm
Elysian Quartet
Aurelio Tello, Dansaq II
Keith Tippett, New Work
Elysian Quartet, Free Improvisation
£5/ £2 concessions -Tickets on door only
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
2.45PM
Allegri Quartet
Shostakovich, String Quartets 1 & 8
Tchaikovsky, String Quartet No. 3
£5/£2 -Tickets on door only
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
7.30pm
Wihan Quartet
Dvořák, String Quartet Op.34,
Smetana, String Quartet No.1
Brahms, String Quartet Op.51 No.2
£12/ £9 concessions
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Queen Mary Undercroft, Old Royal Naval College
10.30pm
Brodsky Quartet & Joan Enric Lluna (clarinet)
Paul Barker, In Memoriam: For Those Who Fall in Times of War
£5/£2 concessions -Tickets on door only
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
7.30pm
Smith Quartet
Crumb, Black Angels
Reich, Different Trains
Volans, White Man Sleeps
£12/ £9 concessions
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