Quartet Pro Musica, one of the country’s longest established string quartets, returns to the Riverside Arts Centre, Thames Street, on Saturday May 28th at 7.30pm for a concert that will showcase three chamber music masterpieces from the 18th, 19th and 20th century.
The concert opens with Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5 in D major “Lark’, first performed in England and arguably the most popular of Haydn’s eighty-three string quartets, a perfect representative of the entire genre, and aptly described by Paul Epstein as “a story, a song, a dance and a party”.
This is followed by the exotic, Iberian themed Turina String Quartet Op. 34, La Oración del Torero, a beautiful work full of shimmering atmosphere, bravado and passion.
After the interval, the concert closes with Schubert’s magnificent String Quartet No. 14 in D minor of 1824, posthumously titled ‘Death and the Maiden’ after the lied of the same name which influences the second movement. The D minor quartet stands as Schubert’s greatest quartet, an emotional tour de force, and among the finest in the entire quartet literature.
Quartet Pro Musica was formed in 1955 by its original and current leader, Patrick Halling. Over the years the quartet has been involved in highly acclaimed recordings for the BBC, and has played in all the leading venues in the country. The current members, Patrick Halling (violin), Keith Lewis (violin), Ariane Alexander (viola) and Myrtle Bruce-Mitford (cello), only the fourth line-up since 1955, continue this fine tradition of excellence in chamber music, as they perform and record a wide repertoire from the classical, romantic and modern eras.
Tickets for reserved seats for the concert can be bought on line at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/quartetpromusica
Unreserved seat tickets can be bought at the door.
£12.50 single ticket; £5 student; £40 group of 4 ticket.
For further information, please contact the Secretary, Quartet Pro Musica, via:
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