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| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:00pm |
 Wilton's Music Hall, LondonBeethoven Begins 'Dances and Nocturnes' |
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| Wilton's Music Hall, London, Graces Alley, London E1 8JB, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:00pm Beethoven Begins 'Dances and Nocturnes' Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805), La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid, String Quartet no. 60 in C major, G.324 Works by Roberts, Jeremy Dale (b. 1934) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
Loughborough University: Cope Auditorium Doric String Quartet |
Works by Schumann |
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| Loughborough University: Cope Auditorium, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Doric String Quartet Described by Gramophone Magazine as ‘one of the finest young string quartets’, whose members are ‘musicians with fascinating things to say’ the awarded winning Doric String Quartet has received glowing responses from audiences and critics across the globe for their finely blended tone and skillful performances. For this concert they mix the rhythmic sensitivity and melodic warmth of Haydn with the gentle offbeats and expressive cello in the Romantic work of Schumann, along with the folk like melodies of Dvorák. ‘… performances of terrific panache and perception’ The Sunday Telegraph Works by Schumann, Valentin (c1520-1559) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
St Mary's Perivale, London Grace Yeo / Tasmin Waley-Cohen & the Badke Quartet |
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| St Mary's Perivale, London, London UB6 8SS, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Grace Yeo / Tasmin Waley-Cohen & the Badke Quartet St Mary's Perivale Wednesday Evening 'Double Concert'. Free, easy parking, refreshments provided. Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), Four Impromptus in C minor, E flat major, G flat major and A flat major, D.899 Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm |
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels Borodin Quartet |
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| Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels, Rue de la Régence 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm Borodin Quartet Image credit: Borodin Quartet | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 01:00pm |
Christ Church, Spitalfields, London Gresham College Lecture and Performance: Britten's String Quartet No 2 |
Britten, String Quartet no. 2 in C major, Op.36 (Lecture by Professor Roger Parker with a performance by the Badke Quartet) |
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| Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, Commercial Street, London E1 6LY, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 01:00pm Gresham College Lecture and Performance: Britten's String Quartet No 2 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), String Quartet no. 2 in C major, Op.36 (Lecture by Professor Roger Parker with a performance by the Badke Quartet) Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Barn Theatre, Swaffham Mozart & Schubert String Quartets |
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| Barn Theatre, Swaffham, Mangate Street, Swaffham, Norfolk, Swaffham PE37 7QW, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Mozart & Schubert String Quartets | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Jonathan Biss and Schumann's Piano Quartet |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 24-May-13 08:15pm Jonathan Biss and Schumann's Piano Quartet Image credit: Benjamin Ealovega Andres, Bernard (b. 1941), New Work (commissioned by the Concertgebouw) | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Swaffham Assembly rooms Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert |
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| Swaffham Assembly rooms, Market Place, Swaffham PE37 7QH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:15am |
Holywell Music Room, Oxford Oxford Coffee Concerts: Heath String Quartet |
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| Holywell Music Room, Oxford, Oxford OX1 1AB, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 11:15am Oxford Coffee Concerts: Heath String Quartet | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:45pm |
Adderbury Parish Church Heath String Quartet |
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| Adderbury Parish Church, 1 Mill Lane, Adderbury OX17 3, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 07:45pm Heath String Quartet Tickets £15 / £13 | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 07:00pm |
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, NSW Tokyo String Quartet |
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| City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, Australia Monday 27-May-13 07:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm |
Benslow Music, Hitchin Doric String Quartet - Benslow Music International Recital Series 2012 - 2013 |
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| Benslow Music, Hitchin, Peter Morrison Hall, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Hitchin SG4 9RB, United Kingdom Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm Doric String Quartet - Benslow Music International Recital Series 2012 - 2013 Tickets £10 (Free for all 8 - 25 yr olds supported by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust) / Free Parking / Bar Opens 7.30pm | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC, Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC The Art of Jean-Philippe Collard: Part 1 Montreal Chamber Music Festival |
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| Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC, 1101 Rue Stanley, Montreal H3B 2S2, Canada Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm The Art of Jean-Philippe Collard: Part 1 France has given great gifts to the world and one of them is pianist Jean-Philippe Collard. His elegance, his refinement, his pianistic style are legendary and we are proud to be able to offer him in concert over two nights. His chosen repertoire will be French as he touches four of France’s greatest composers: Ravel, Debussy, Fauré and César Franck.
The first evening of his two concert series offers two works by Ravel and one by César Franck. To begin the evening, David Jalbert joins Collard in a performance of the original version of the Mother Goose Suite. Ravel’s String Quartet in F major follows in a presentation by the Cecilia String Quartet and after the intermission, you will hear César Franck’s Piano Quintet featuring Collard and the Cecilia in what has been called a work of ecstasy and unconstrained sensuality. | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster Mark Bebbington & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Mark Bebbington & Friends | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm |
Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC Emerson String Quartet, Passing the Torch Montreal Chamber Music Festival |
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| Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC, 1101 Rue Stanley, Montreal H3B 2S2, Canada Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm Emerson String Quartet, Passing the Torch The Emerson String Quartet is recognized as one of the finest quartets in the world. With more than 30 recordings to their credit since 1987 and 9 Grammy Awards, the Emerson is the world’s benchmark for string quartet performance. For the first time in 34 years, there will be a change to one of their members. Cellist David Finckel is leaving and Paul Watkins will take his chair. The Festival is proud to offer you the world premiere of the Emerson with Paul Watkins, an exceptional and unique opportunity.
The evening’s program will include Quartet no. 3 in G minor by Haydn, Quartet no. 2 in A minor by Bartók and Beethoven’s famed 8th String Quartet, one of the three Razumovsky’s. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm |
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC, Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
St George's Bristol Elias String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet Cycle III |
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| St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Elias String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet Cycle III The Elias String Quartet continue their landmark journey through Beethoven’s String Quartets with three more from the master’s catalogue, including the first of a trio of works commissioned by Vienna’s Russian ambassador Count Andreas Kirillovich Razumovsky. This is an engrossing cycle that breathes invigorating life into some of the great composer’s most life-affirming compositions. Join this thrilling young ensemble on their journey…
‘The Elias is a quite exceptional quartet.’ GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Palace (Großer Garten), Dresden Doric String Quartet |
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| Palace (Großer Garten), Dresden, Hauptallee / Am Palaisteich, 01219 Dresden, Germany Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Doric String Quartet | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 11:00am |
Coronation Hall, Ulverston Invitation to the Dance Ulverston International Music Festival |
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| Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Ulverston LA12 7LZ, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 11:00am Invitation to the Dance A morning of Viennese ballroom dancing, expertly guided by local dance impresarios ‘Let’s Dance’ with Anthony Hewitt opening the proceedings playing the first ever waltz hit, ‘Invitation to the Dance’ by Weber, as well as the UIMF Waltz Quartet playing arrangements of waltzes by Johann Strauss Sr and Jr, amongst others. Accompanied by coffee and cakes and concluding with an audience dance. Ticket price includes complimentary coffee and cakes.Programme to include: | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:15pm |
Assembly Rooms, Ludlow Late Swallows Ludlow English Song Weekend |
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| Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Ludlow SY8 1AZ, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:15pm Late Swallows | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 04:00pm |
St Vitus Kirche, Veitshochheim, Würzburg Spatzen Quartett Regensburg Mozartfest Würzburg |
Works by Palestrina Works by Scarlatti Works by Rossini Works by Mendelssohn Works by Verdi Works by Bruckner Works by Mozart |
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| St Vitus Kirche, Veitshochheim, Würzburg, Herrnstraße 1, 97209 Würzburg, Germany Saturday 1-Jun-13 04:00pm Spatzen Quartett Regensburg Works by Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725) Works by Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Works by Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Works by Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Works by Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 05:00pm |
St John's Smith Square, London The Smith Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Michael Nyman |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 05:00pm The Smith Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Michael Nyman | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC Everybody loves Tchaikovsky - 4 hour Marathon Montreal Chamber Music Festival |
Giora Schmidt, Violin Conrad Tao, Piano Denis Brott, Cello Min-Jeong Koh, Violin Marie-Ève Poupart, Violin Victor Fournelle-Blain, Violin Simon Riverin, Violin Sarah Nematallah, Violin Veronica Cherniak, Violin Ryan Truby, Violin Marcus Thompson, Viola Caitlin Boyle, Viola Rachel Desoer, Cello James VanDemark, Double Bass Cecilia String Quartet Giora Schmidt, Violin |
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| Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC, 1101 Rue Stanley, Montreal H3B 2S2, Canada Saturday 1-Jun-13 06:00pm Everybody loves Tchaikovsky - 4 hour Marathon Once again we celebrate the end of a fabulous Festival that has featured outstanding performances and tremendous audiences. To close out the season we offer you a marathon double concert of Tchaikovsky, the great Russian romantic who gave us some of the most beloved and often-played music in the world, including the 1812 Overture and the fabulous Nutcracker. Tonight we offer something more intimate but equally outstanding, his chamber music.
Tchaikovsky’s music was played at the inauguration of Carnegie Hall and will bring our Festival to an end but not before we hear his first String Quartet, his Piano Trio, his Souvenir de Florence, a very special performance of a transcription for piano of the Scherzo from Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony by teen sensation Conrad Tao and, to close the season, his Serenade for Strings. Many of this season’s artists will be back to take a bow and, with their final notes, offer us a marvelous way to bring the 18th season to a close. Thank you all for making this the best season ever and see you next year! Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Sérénade mélancolique in B minor, for violin and orchestra, Op.26 Giora Schmidt, Violin Conrad Tao, Piano Denis Brott, Cello Min-Jeong Koh, Violin Marie-Ève Poupart, Violin Victor Fournelle-Blain, Violin Simon Riverin, Violin Sarah Nematallah, Violin Veronica Cherniak, Violin Ryan Truby, Violin Marcus Thompson, Viola Caitlin Boyle, Viola Rachel Desoer, Cello James VanDemark, Double Bass Cecilia String Quartet Giora Schmidt, Violin | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St John's Smith Square, London The Smith Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Michael Nyman |
Nyman, String Quartet no. 5 (UK Premiere) |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm The Smith Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Michael Nyman Nyman, Michael (b. 1944), String Quartet no. 5 (UK Premiere) | ||
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Newcastle Conservatorium: Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle NSW, NSW Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Newcastle Conservatorium: Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle NSW, NSW, Laman St, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm |
St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate Dales String Quartet in Concert with Sarah Hughes - Flute. In aid of Harrogate Homeless Project |
Barber, Adagio for strings, Op.11 (Original version for String Quartet) |
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| St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate, Duchy Road, Harrogate HG1 2EY, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm Dales String Quartet in Concert with Sarah Hughes - Flute. In aid of Harrogate Homeless Project Barber, Samuel (1910-1981), Adagio for strings, Op.11 (Original version for String Quartet) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Residenz: Gartensaal, Würzburg Schumann Quartet Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Gartensaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm Schumann Quartet | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland, WA Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland, WA, Queensland, WA, Australia Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna aron quartett |
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| Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Palais Fanto, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, 1030 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm aron quartett Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Glasgow String Quartet Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:30pm Glasgow String Quartet Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Canberra Llewellyn Hall, ANU Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Canberra Llewellyn Hall, ANU, Australian National University Campus,, Childers Street,, Acton ACT, Canberra, Australia Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford Elias String Quartet |
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| Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm Elias String Quartet They are outstanding. They have their own series at the Wigmore Hall and have recorded on the Wigmore Live label. Press reviews are universally ecstatic and we are delighted to welcome them to Oxford, especially to share their journey through the Beethoven Quartets. As Norman Lebrecht said of them ‘I like these guys. They’re thinking creative.’ | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Anniversary Concert with Pressler and Belcea Quartet |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:15pm Anniversary Concert with Pressler and Belcea Quartet Image credit: Evy Ottermans | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 11:00am |
St John Sub Castro, Lewes Lewes Chamber Music Festival - Coffee in Vienna Lewes Chamber Music Festival |
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| St John Sub Castro, Lewes, Abinger Place, Lewes BN7 2QA, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 11:00am Lewes Chamber Music Festival - Coffee in Vienna | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:30pm |
St John Sub Castro, Lewes Lewes Chamber Music Festival - Lunch in Vienna Lewes Chamber Music Festival |
Works by Schoenberg (Lieder from op.1 for baritone and piano) |
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| St John Sub Castro, Lewes, Abinger Place, Lewes BN7 2QA, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:30pm Lewes Chamber Music Festival - Lunch in Vienna Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Trio in E flat for Piano, Clarinet and Viola, "Kegelstatt", K498 Works by Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) (Lieder from op.1 for baritone and piano) | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Aldeburgh Church Vertavo Quartet Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Aldeburgh Church, Aldeburgh IP15 5DY, United Kingdom Monday 10-Jun-13 03:00pm Vertavo Quartet Britten’s bold, expansive Quartet – a homage to Purcell – appeared less than six months after the tumultuous success of Peter Grimes. The cumulative power of the titanic final movement’s variants on a Purcellian ground bass is a fitting tribute. Mozart’s quartet must have shocked with the startling opening harmonies that earned it its nickname, but it continues with the music of characteristic zest and elegance. Janus-like, the music of Poul Ruders often
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| Monday 10-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Perth Concert Hall, Perth WA, WA Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Perth Concert Hall, Perth WA, WA, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA WA 6000, Australia Monday 10-Jun-13 07:30pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Wilton's Music Hall, London Beethoven Begins 'Friendship & Collaboration' |
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| Wilton's Music Hall, London, Graces Alley, London E1 8JB, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm Beethoven Begins 'Friendship & Collaboration' Works by Reicha, Anton (1770-1836) Works by Gorton, David (b. 1969) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, SA Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, SA, 1st Floor, 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Palace): Ordenssaal Delian Quartett | Anatol Ugorski Ludwigsburg Festival |
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| Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Palace): Ordenssaal, Schlossstraße 30, 71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm Delian Quartett | Anatol Ugorski | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg Signum Quartet Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97090 Würzburg, Germany Thursday 13-Jun-13 08:00pm Signum Quartet Image credit: Oliver Lang | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 09:00pm |
Church of Notre-Dame d'Auvers, Auvers-Sur-Oise Quatuor Zaïde Festival d'Auvers-Sur-Oise |
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| Church of Notre-Dame d'Auvers, Auvers-Sur-Oise, rue de l'Église, 95430 Auvers-Sur-Oise, France Thursday 13-Jun-13 09:00pm Quatuor Zaïde Tickets 35€ / 25€ / 15€ / "Pass culture": 5€ Works by Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903) Works by Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959) Works by Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Christ and St Stephen's Church, New York City, NY A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams (Manhattan premiere) |
Victoria Tralongo, Soprano: Abigail Adams Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone: John Adams Chelsea Opera String Quartet |
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| Christ and St Stephen's Church, New York City, NY, 120 West 69th St, New York City, 10023, United States Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams (Manhattan premiere) Manhattan premiere. The work is based on John Adams’ letters to his wife, Abigail, with whom he shared his aspirations, accomplishments and frustrations as he worked to secure financial support from the Dutch for the new nation emerging from a revolution. Abigail, his “dearest friend”, was not demure about expressing her feelings on things political, economic or domestic. She was an early feminist (“Don’t forget the women,” she wrote to John while the founding fathers were drafting the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia), abolitionist, mother and farm manager during John’s long absences. Victoria Tralongo, Soprano: Abigail Adams Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone: John Adams Chelsea Opera String Quartet Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Mary the Virgin Church, Rutland The Buonamici String Quartet Summer Concert |
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| St Mary the Virgin Church, Rutland, The Street, South Luffenham, Rutland LE15 8NX, United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm The Buonamici String Quartet Summer Concert Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm |
University of Southampton: Turner Sims Elias Quartet: The Beethoven Project III |
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| University of Southampton: Turner Sims, Southampton SO17 1BJ., United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm Elias Quartet: The Beethoven Project III | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 11:00am |
Snape Maltings Concert Hall Quatuor Mosaïques I Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 11:00am Quatuor Mosaïques I Quatuor Mosaïques is the world’s leading period instrument string quartet. Their gut-stringed instruments and uncluttered, perceptive musicianship lead to freshly considered and deeply satisfying performances of the classical and early Romantic repertoire. In the first of their two weekend residency concerts, they pitch us straight into baroque music and the wonderful improvisatory air of Purcell’s Fantasias for viol consort as a prelude to the richness of mature Haydn. Schubert’s monumental final quartet finds solace amidst the tumult, as the ailing but still young composer obsesses on an extraordinary torrent of musical ideas – chamber music on an epic scale. | ||
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Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal chamber concert Apollon Musagete Quartet Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Saturday 15-Jun-13 11:00am chamber concert Apollon Musagete Quartet | ||
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Christ and St Stephen's Church, New York City, NY A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams (Manhattan premiere) |
Victoria Tralongo, Soprano: Abigail Adams Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone: John Adams Chelsea Opera String Quartet |
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| Christ and St Stephen's Church, New York City, NY, 120 West 69th St, New York City, 10023, United States Saturday 15-Jun-13 03:00pm A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams (Manhattan premiere) Manhattan premiere. The work is based on John Adams’ letters to his wife, Abigail, with whom he shared his aspirations, accomplishments and frustrations as he worked to secure financial support from the Dutch for the new nation emerging from a revolution. Abigail, his “dearest friend”, was not demure about expressing her feelings on things political, economic or domestic. She was an early feminist (“Don’t forget the women,” she wrote to John while the founding fathers were drafting the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia), abolitionist, mother and farm manager during John’s long absences. Victoria Tralongo, Soprano: Abigail Adams Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone: John Adams Chelsea Opera String Quartet Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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Aldeburgh Church Composer Portrait: Jonathan Harvey Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Aldeburgh Church, Aldeburgh IP15 5DY, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 03:00pm Composer Portrait: Jonathan Harvey Harvey’s remarkable fourth quartet has the sounds of the players electronically modified and dispersed to all corners of the performance space. “The quartet is the dreamer” writes the composer and the world of the unconscious imagination is represented in music that is fluid and multi-dimensional, vivid and profound.
Britten’s quartet from 1930 was premiered only 30 years ago by the Arditti Quartet. A daring and astonishingly accomplished work for a composer still in his teens, it shows intriguing influences European contemporary music of the time, particularly the music of Berg. Julian Anderson and Harvey have often been associated with ‘spectral’ music, their music coloured by analysis of the properties of sound itself, lending a heady otherworldly beauty to their explorations of timbre and the undiscovered spaces between conventional notes and harmonies. | ||
