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Past Events Photos 2010 - 2011 Season
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Allegri Quartet - Complete Beethoven Quartets 3 - May 8th 2011 |
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The Allegri Quartet, Ofer Falk (violin), Rafael Todes (violin), Dorothea Vogel (viola)
and Katherin Jenkinson (cello) appreciating applause after playing
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.4 in D Op.83
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After the interval the Quartet played Beethoven's String Quartet in C Op.59 No.3
and received warm applause for their lovely performance. A two min video clip
from the 4th movement is available on our website.
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Beethoven video clip |
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Chilingirian & Fields String Quartets
with Michael Dussek (piano) - May 1st 2011 |
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The Chilingirian Quartet was joined by pianist Michael Dussek
for a wonderful Schumann - Piano Quintet in Eb Op.44 which
was enthusiastically applauded. From l to r: Michael Dussek (piano),
Susie Mészáros (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Ronald Birks (2nd violin)
and Levon Chilingorian (1st violin). |
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After the interval the quartet was joined by the young Fields Quartet
for a moving performance of Mendelssohn's Octet for strings in Eb Op.20.
From l to r: Daniel Roberts (violin), Rebecca Herman (cello), Sadie Fields (violin),
Charlotte Bonneton (violin) - Fields Quartet - and Susie Mészáros (viola),
Ronald Birks (violin), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Levon Chilingorian (violin).
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Schumann & Mendelssohn video clips |
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Russian Virtuosi of Europe & Ashley Wass (piano) - April 17th 2011 |
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The Russian Virtuosi of Europe, leader Yuri Zhishlin, enjoying the applause
after playing Mozart's Salzburg Symphony No.1 in D K.136
'The Salzburg Symphonies K136-38 are known officially as divertimenti'.
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They were joined by pianist Ashley Wass for Mendelssohn's
Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and Strings which received
enthusiastic applause from our audience. |
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The evening ended by the Virtuosi giving us a wonderful performance of
Bartok's Divertimenti on Strings.
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Mozart & Mendelssohn video clips |
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The Badke Quartet - April 10th 2011 |
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The Badke Quartet, Lana Trotovšek (violin), Emma Parker (violin),
Jon Thorne (viola)and Jonathan Byers (cello) enjoying enthusiastic
applause after playing Janacek's String Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’.
A video clip is on the artist's webpage, click thumbnail below.
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The evening ended with a lovely performance
of Dvorak's String Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’.
A video clip is on the artist's webpage, click thumbnail below.
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Janacek & Dvorak Video clips |
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Philippe Graffin, Marisa Gupta and Catherine Beynon
- April 3rd 2011 - |
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Philippe and Maris Gupta, piano, appreciating applause after playing
Cesar Franck's Sonata in A for violin and piano.
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The evening ended with a superb performance
of Maurice Ravel's - Tzigane for violin, harp and piano.
Catherine Beynon (harp), Marisa Gupta (piano)
and Philippe Graffin enjoying the applause.
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Chausson & Ravel Video clips |
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The Kodaly Quartet - March 27th 2011 |
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The Kodaly Quartet, Attila Falvay (violin), Erika Tóth (violin),
György Éder (cello) János Fejérvári (viola), receiving applause
after playing a wonderful Mendelssohn: Quartet No.3 in D Op.44 No.1
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To end the evening the Quartet gave us a lovely performance
of Bartok's String Quartet No.5 before playing a Schubert Encore
in response to enthusiastic applause.
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Kodaly Quartet video clips (2) |
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Turner Ensemble Concert 3 - March 20th 2011 |
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The Turner Ensemble, Ania Sofanova (violin), Jan Schmolk (violin), Fiona Bonds (viola),
Naomi Williams (cello) and Nick Rodwell (clarinet) receiving applause
after playing Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings in B minor, Op.115
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After the interval the Ensemble were joined by cellist Sally Pendlebury and
gave us a wonderful performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C, D.956 (Op.163)
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Turner Ensemble video clips (2) |
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The Allegri Quartet - March 13th 2011 |
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The Allegri Quartet being enthusiastically applauded
after playing Shostakovich's String Quartet No.3 in F Op.73.
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The Allegri Quartet, Ofer Falk (violin), Rafael Todes (violin), Dorothea Vogel (viola)
and Katherine Jenkinson (cello) played a really wonderful Beethoven
String Quartet in E minor Op.59 No.2 Razumovsky
to end the evening. |
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Allegri video clip |
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Rosamunde Trio - March 6th 2011 |
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The Rosamunde Trio enjoying applause
after playing Beethoven's Trio in C minor Op.1 No.3 |
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To end the evening the Trio, Ben Sayevich (violin), Martino Tirimo (piano),
and Daniel Veis (cello) gave us an inspiring performance of
Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor Op.15. You can view a video clip below. |
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Click Thumbnail to view video clip |
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Trio Zilliacus-Persson-Raitinen - February 27th 2011 |
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The Zilliacus-Persson-Raitinen Trio enjoying applause
after playing Beethoven's String Trio in C minor Op.9 No.3 |
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To end the evening the Trio, Kati Raitinen (cello), Johanna Persson (viola),
and Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) gave us a wonderful performance of J.B. Bach's
Goldberg Variations (arr. Sitkovetsky), enthusiastically applauded. |
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Click Thumbnail to view video clip |
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Hummel Ensemble - February 20th 2011 |
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The Hummel Ensemble, Robert Heard (violin), Andrew Brownell (piano),
Sam Coles (flute) and Alexei Sarkissov (cello) being applauded
after playing Beethoven: Symphony No.7 (arr. Hummel) |
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The Hummel Ensemble, Robert Heard (violin), Andrew Brownell (piano),
James Boyd (viola), Linda Houghton (double-bass) and Alexei Sarkissov (cello)
after playing Johann Nepumuk Hummel's Piano Quintet in D minor, Op.7a |
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Click Thumbnail to view video clip |
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The Dante Quartet - February 13th 2011 |
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The Dante Quartet, Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Giles Francis (violin), Judith Busbridge (viola)
and Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) being applauded after playing
Haydn's String Quartet in G Minor Op.74. No.3 ‘Rider’ |
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The Dante Quartet enjoying applause after playing a magnificent
Schubert: String Quartet in G D.887 to end a delightful concert.
Our clip this week is from this lovely work. |
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Click Thumbnail to view video clip |
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Katya Apekisheva - Charles Owen - February 6th 2011 |
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The two Pianists Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen ,
enjoying the applause of the audience after playing the original piano version
for four hands of Stravinsky's - The Rite of Spring |
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The two pianists are highly delighted by ongoing applause |
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After playing a Ravel encore |
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Ravel |
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Stravinsky |
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Allegri Quartet - Beethoven (1) -January 30th 2011 |
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The Allegri Quartet - Ofer Falk (1st Violin), Rafael Todes (2nd Violin),
Dorothea Vogel (Viola), Katherine Jenkinson (Cello), enjoying the
applause of the audience after playing Beethoven's - Quartet in F Op.59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’ |
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The Quartet, appearing again, after their Encore, to enthusiastic applause. |
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Turner Ensemble - Concert 2 -January 23rd 2011 |
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The Turner Ensemble, Jan Schmolck (violin), Sally Pendlebury (cello),
Frances Angell (piano) and Nicholas Rodwell (clarinet) enjoying the
applause of the audience after playing Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la fin du temps' |
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The Ensemble about to leave the stage after several ovations |
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Marmara Piano Trio - January 16th 2011 |
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The Marmara Piano Trio, Zsuzsa Berényi (violin), Mine Dogantan-Dack (piano),
Pál Banda (cello) enjoying the applause after playing a wonderful
Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 Op.67 |
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The Trio ended the evening with a very moving Dvorak - Piano Trio in F minor Op.65 |
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Raphael Wallfisch and John York - January 9th 2011 |
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Raphael Wallfisch and John York receiving applause for playing
Gabriel Fauré - Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.109
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Aquinas Piano Trio - December 12th 2010 |
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The Aquinas Piano Trio, Ruth Rogers (violin), Katherine Jenkinson (cello)
and Martin Cousin (piano) enjoying the applause after playing a fabulous Haydn:
Piano Trio in G, Hob XV:25 "Gypsy Rondo" |
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Tremendous applause for the trio after playing
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No. 1 'Ghost'
to end the first half of the concert. |
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The trio ended the evening, playing a wonderful
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op.70
finishing off with an encore by Piazzola. |
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Quartet of Peace - December 5th 2010 |
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The four instruments made by violin maker Brian Lisus
on display in the St. Pancras Room before the pre-concert talk.
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Applause at the end of the pre-concert talk for
violinist David Juritz, violin maker Brian Lisus and composer Eugene Skeef. |
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Enthusiastic applause for the Quartet of Peace, David Juritz (violin),
Suzanne Martens (violin), Gareth Lubbe (viola) and Peter Martens (cello)
after playing Mozart's 'Dissonance' quartet, K.465.
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Composer Eugene Skeef embracing David Juritz after the
UK premiere of his quartet Uxolo (Forgiveness) |
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The composer with the quartet enjoying the applause of the audience. |
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The Quartet asking Brian Lisus, the violin maker, to join them on stage.
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Brian Lisus joins the quartet on stage. |
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At the end of the evening, long applause for the quartet, and pianist
Caroline Dowdle, who accompanied the members while playing their personal tributes.
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Chilingirian Quartet - November 21st 2010 |
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The Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian (violin), Ronald Birks (violin),
Susie Mészáros (viola), and Philip De Groote (cello). enjoying the applause
after playing Hummel's String Quartet in G Op.30 No.2. |
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After playing Peter Fribbins' String Quartet No.2 ‘After Cromer’, the composer
joined the Quartet to congratulate them for their fine performance.
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The Quartet received tremendous applause after playing their final
piece of the evening, Beethoven's String Quartet in Ef Op.127.
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Turner Ensemble - November 14th 2010 |
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Frances Angell (piano) and Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenor) enjoy the applause
of the audience after Robert Schumann's Liederkreis Op.39 |
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The Turner Ensemble, Jan Schmolck (violin), Sally Pendelbury (cello),
Frances Angell (piano) and Andriy Viytovych (viola) receive a tremendous
ovation after a memorable Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 |
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Primrose Piano Quartet - November 7th 2010 |
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Three members of the Quartet, Susanne Stanzeleit (violin),
Robin Ireland (viola) and Andrew Fuller (cello) began the evening with a
lovely performance of Beethoven's String Trio in G Op.9 No.1. |
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This was followed by the Piano Quartet giving the London Première
of Dmitri Smirnov's Piano Quintet, which was enthusiastically applauded.
(from left to right): John Thwaites (piano), Susanne Stanzeleit (violin),
Robin Ireland (viola), Leon Bosch (double bass), the composer Dmitri Smirnov
and Andrew Fuller (cello) on stage. |
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The Primrose Piano Quartet with the addition of violinist Clara Biss
ended the evening playing
'From Gypsy Life’ for piano and string quintet
by English composer Roger Quilter, a rarely played treat.
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Rosamunde Trio - October 31st 2010 |
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The Rosamunde Trio, Ben Sayovich (violin), Daniel Veis (cello) and Martino Tirimo (piano)
being applauded enthusiastically after their encore of a Dvorak 'Dumka' to end the evening. |
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Carducci Quartet - October 24th 2010 |
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The Carducci Quartet, Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming (violins),
Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello), receiving applause
after playing a wonderful Mendelssohn - String Quartet in F minor Op.80 to end the evening. |
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The Sitkovetsky Piano Trio - October 17th 2010 |
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The Sitkovetsky Trio being applauded after playing a lovely |
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor Op.50 to end the evening. |
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Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Wu Qian (piano), Leonard Elschenbroich, (cello) |
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The Wihan Quartet - October 3rd 2010 |
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The Wihan Quartet being applauded after playing a wonderful |
Dvorak - String Quartet in Ef Op.51 ‘Slavonic’ to end the evening. |
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