Shoreditch ChurchShoreditch High Street, London, Greater London, E1 6JN, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: Spitalfields Music Summer FestivalProgramme
| Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959) | Piano Quartet no. 1, H 287 | |
| Watkins, Huw (b. 1976) | Piano Quartet (world premiere) | |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Piano Quartet no. 2 in E flat major, Op.87 |
Performers
| Schubert Ensemble |
Tickets: A £22; B £17; C £10; D £5.
The Schubert Ensemble is known for its fervent commitment to repertoire for piano and strings and brings the same level of passion and innovation to new commissions and revered classics. For this concert of contrasts the ensemble perform the world premiere of Huw Watkins’s Piano Quartet, written specially for the ensemble, between two Czech piano quartets, Martinu’s sparkling and poignant 1942 work and Dvorák’s rich and colourful piano quartet.
“outstanding in every respect” The Guardian.
Supported by Spitalfields Music’s New Music Commission Fund.
Insight: 6.30pm - Huw Watkins in conversation with Judith Weir.
The Schubert Ensemble is known for its fervent commitment to repertoire for piano and strings and brings the same level of passion and innovation to new commissions and revered classics. For this concert of contrasts the ensemble perform the world premiere of Huw Watkins’s Piano Quartet, written specially for the ensemble, between two Czech piano quartets, Martinu’s sparkling and poignant 1942 work and Dvorák’s rich and colourful piano quartet.
“outstanding in every respect” The Guardian.
Supported by Spitalfields Music’s New Music Commission Fund.
Insight: 6.30pm - Huw Watkins in conversation with Judith Weir.