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Sample Programmes 2019/20 Season

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String Quartet Repertoire Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’Korngold String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34Grieg String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 (Until March 2020)

Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’Grime String QuartetRachmaninov RomanceMendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12

Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op. 18 No. 1Judith Bingham New Work (written for Sacconi Quartet)Schubert Death and the Maiden

Struggle and OppressionArvo Pärt Summa Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110Dove In Damascus for Tenor and String QuartetWith Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist, or Robin Tritschler

Sacconi Quartet and Freddy Kempf - Beethoven #250 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90 Beethoven Quartet Op. 131 or Op. 132 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 arr. Lachner

Sacconi Quartet and Freddy KempfHaydn String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’EITHER Rachmaninov Romance & Kapustin Piano Quintet OR Schumann Piano Quintet

Festival Programmes These can be performed together as a concert or spread over thecourse of a festival.

Roxanna PanufnikThe Sacconi present a new disc of works and a new commission by acclaimed composer Roxanna Panufnik, with Roderick Williams OBE, Charles Owen, Nicholas Daniel, Amy Harman and Mary Bevan:

Private Joe (Baritone & quartet)Cantator & Amanda (bassoon & quartet) Letters from Burma (oboe & quartet)Second Home (piano, quartet, optional soprano)New Commission (quartet)Hora Bessarabia (violin & double bass)Canto (viola) Due for release on Signum Records in 2021

Transatlantic MinimalismGraham Fitkin (piano) and Ruth Wall (harp).

Arvo Pärt SummaCage Interlude 1 and Sonata 5 (arranged by Ruth Wall for prepared harp)Menotti Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string quartet Fitkin Running and Breathing (solo piano)Fitkin Servant Fitkin StringFitkin Resistances (solo piano)Philip Glass String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’Fitkin Recur

CollaborationsBrahms String Sextets (with Villiers Quartet)Nicola LeFanu String Quintet (with Tim Lowe, cello)Stephen Goss Theorbo Concerto (arr. for theorbo and string quartet) with blind lutenist Matthew WadsworthOctets Shostakovich, Enescu and MendelssohnString Quintets Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven, SchubertPiano Quintets (with Charles Owen) Dvořák, Brahms, Schumann, Elgar, Franck, Shostakovich, DoveClarinet Quintets Brahms, Mozart, Bliss, Weber, Glazunov, Bowen, HowellsBaritone and String Quartet (with Roderick Williams OBE) Finzi By Footpath and Stile and John McCabe Silver NocturnesString Sextets Strauss, SchoenbergSchubert Trout Quintet D. 667; Glinka: Grand Sextet in E flat majorBeethoven Septet in E flat major, Op. 20; Schubert: Octet in F, D. 803

Masterclasses

The Sacconi Quartet offer a range of masterclasses, along with education and outreach work, as part of festival residencies

Alternative Programmes Beethoven in the DarkBeethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131From memory and in the dark. A truly sonic, immersive experience of a profound and deeply moving piece, with the near-darkness of the stage allowing a closer connection with Beethoven's world.

HEARTFELTBeethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 www.heartfelt.org.uk An immersive, personal performance combining robotics, lighting and music in a radical re-interpretation of this iconic Beethoven quartet.

The Juliet LettersCostello & Brodsky Quartet The Juliet LettersA revival of the rarely performed Juliet Letters, composed and toured by the Brodsky Quartet, with folk singer Jon Boden (ex-frontman of Bellowhead).

Death’s Cabaret: A Love StoryA ground-breaking new kind of concerto - a cabaret concerto - commissioned for outstanding cellist, baritone and story-teller Matthew Sharp with the Sacconi Quartet from celebrated composer Stephen Deazley and award-winning writer Martin Riley.

Robin Ashwellviola

Hannah Dawsonviolin

Ben Hancoxviolin

Cara Berridgecello

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