Carducci Quartet
Posthumously discovered by Moeran’s widow in 1950, British composer Ernest John Moeran’s E flat quartet is an early work, set in two movements in a relaxed mood, and full of echoes of Ireland, where Moeran spent much of his life. Borodin’s second quartet (with the famous ‘Notturno’) continues the programme, before Dvorak’s 12th quartet, composed […]
Rossetti Ensemble
Mozart was among the first to explore the piano quartet, and it is his graceful E flat quartet that opens this concert. The evening continues with Bridge’s quartet, best summed up by his teacher, Britten: ‘Sonorous yet lucid, with clear, clean lines, grateful to listen to and to play. It is the music of a […]
Timothy Ridout & Jâms Coleman
Since winning 1st Prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in 2016, Timothy Ridout has gone on to perform widely in Europe. Jâms Coleman is a pianist who enjoys a rich and varied musical life performing as a soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist. For their Conway Hall début, they come together in a […]
Chamber Philharmonic Europe
The unusually dissonant introduction to Mozart’s Quartet K465, dedicated to Joseph Haydn, opens a colourful programme of works for string quartet, spanning almost 150 years. The centrepiece of the concert is Janáček’s 1923 work, inspired by Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, while Brahms C minor quartet (possibly in this key to acknowledge as well as […]
Trio Concertante
In a rare UK performance, Trio Concertante perform three of the most popular works for piano trio, culminating in the symphonic first trio by Johannes Brahms. The eerie-sounding second movement gave Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ trio its famous nickname, while Shostakovich’s second trio, composed during World War Two, combines a similar mysterious quality (opening with high harmonics […]
Piatti Quartet & Simon Callaghan
The up-and-coming Piatti Quartet make a welcome return to Conway Hall, joined by Director of Music Simon Callaghan to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet, dating from 1940. They complete their richly varied programme with Brahm’s final essay in the genre and Turina’s folk-influenced ‘The Bullfighter’s Prayer’, originally composed for a quartet of ‘laúd’, Spanish folkloric instruments […]
Delta Piano Trio
Founded in 2013 by three Dutch performers, the Delta Piano Trio have won numerous international awards and have growing discography including works by Shostakovich, Taneyev, Borodin and Russian-American composer, Lera Auerbach. Their programme at Conway Hall flanks cutting-edge twentieth and twenty-first century works for piano trio with German classics for the ensemble. Haydn | Trio […]
Peter Cigleris & Tippett Quartet
Programme Arthur Benjamin | Quintet in C minor (British Premiere) Frederick Durrant | Clarinet Quintet in E flat Brahms | Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115 Peter Cigleris (clarinet) John Mills (violin) Jeremy Isaac (violin) Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola) Bozidar Vukotic (cello) In the first half of the twentieth century, British music was divided into two […]
Maggini Quartet
Conway Hall favourites the Maggini Quartet open our Autumn 2019 season with a wonderful mix of 1940s Paris chic and supreme craft from Berkeley between two great works from the classical repertoire. The quartet have won awards including Gramophone Chamber Music Award of the Year and Diapason d’Or, and have twice been nominated for Grammy […]