Lucy Russell and Elizabeth Wexler violins
Alan George viola, Sally Pendlebury cello
Leamington Music invites you to join the celebration of the Festival Director’s eightieth birthday!
Wolf Italian Serenade
Schubert Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’
Haydn Quartet in D major Op 76 No 5
Since 1984 when the Fitzwilliam Quartet appeared in that year’s Warwick Arts Week, Richard Phillips has programmed through Warwick Arts Society and now Leamington Music, well over 400 string quartet concerts in the Warwick area. His association with the Fitzwilliam, and Alan George as a founder member, goes back to 1971 when the Quartet was appointed to a residency at the University of York. From 1974-77, the Quartet was resident at the University of Warwick before returning to York.
The Dream Factory, the home of Playbox Theatre, offers an ideal space to host this concert in the round. The award winning building is to be found off the Stratford Road on the outskirts of Warwick and parking is plentiful at the Theatre or in Shelley Avenue.
Arrival: 6.30pm for a glass of champagne
Current Government guidance states that face coverings MUST be worn to concerts; any changes to this will be listed on our homepage.
Please note that concerts might be cancelled if any Government guidance changes; in the event of this, a full refund will be offered.
Leamington Music reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary.
Lucy Russell and Elizabeth Wexler violins
Alan George viola, Sally Pendlebury cello
Leamington Music invites you to join the celebration of the Festival Director’s eightieth birthday!
Wolf Italian Serenade
Schubert Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’
Haydn Quartet in D major Op 76 No 5
Since 1984 when the Fitzwilliam Quartet appeared in that year’s Warwick Arts Week, Richard Phillips has programmed through Warwick Arts Society and now Leamington Music, well over 400 string quartet concerts in the Warwick area. His association with the Fitzwilliam, and Alan George as a founder member, goes back to 1971 when the Quartet was appointed to a residency at the University of York. From 1974-77, the Quartet was resident at the University of Warwick before returning to York.
The Dream Factory, the home of Playbox Theatre, offers an ideal space to host this concert in the round. The award winning building is to be found off the Stratford Road on the outskirts of Warwick and parking is plentiful at the Theatre or in Shelley Avenue.
Arrival: 6.30pm for a glass of champagne
Current Government guidance states that face coverings MUST be worn to concerts; any changes to this will be listed on our homepage.
Please note that concerts might be cancelled if any Government guidance changes; in the event of this, a full refund will be offered.
Leamington Music reserves the right to change artists or programmes if necessary.
Lucy Russell and Marcus Barcham Stevens violins
Alan George viola, Sally Pendlebury cello
SchubertSehnsucht D636 SchubertQuartettsatz (ii: Andante) D703 SchubertGute Nacht from ‘Winterreise’ Roderick WilliamsFremd bin ich (première) DeliusLate Swallows SchubertQuartet in G D887
The Fitzwilliam Quartet returns to Leamington with a concert that reflects three strands of the Festival programme. It involves Roderick Williams, described as a national treasure by BBC Music Magazine, as performer and composer, with the première of a work he has written specially for the Quartet and which is a further extension of his Schubert crusade that has seen him perform all three song cycles for Leamington Music. The Quartet in turn champions Schubert’s quartets, in particular the greatest and last of them all in G major. Delius is also part of their mission and leads us to the BBC documentary to be shown on Sunday 5 May in the afternoon.
Tickets: £24 and £19 reserved, £14 unreserved sides.
Brian Newbould, the Schubert scholar who has “completed” the ‘Unfinished’ Symphonies Nos 7, 8 and 10, will talk about the String Quartet in G D887 to be played in the evening concert and, joined by the Fitzwilliam Quartet, will also talk about the Quartettsatz D703 and the fragmentary Andante that follows it, which will be played in his completion.
Lucy Russell and Marcus Barcham Stevens violins
Alan George viola, Sally Pendlebury cello
Sophie Renshaw viola
BachContrapunctus I and XI from The Art of Fugue BWV1080 MozartQuintet in C K515 BrucknerQuintet in F
The Fitzwilliam Quartet celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, having begun in Cambridge in 1968, and viola player Alan George is a founder member. During its distinguished history, the Quartet has enjoyed residencies at the University of Warwick in 1974-77 and University of York in 1971-74 and 1977 onwards. The Quartet last played here in May 2015, since when it has recorded the Bruckner Quintet in F that we will hear in this concert.
“…a performance of authority, enchanting imagination and visionary eloquence” The Bruckner Journal
Brian Newbould, the Schubert scholar who has “completed” the ‘Unfinished’ Symphonies Nos 7, 8 and 10, will talk about the String Quartet in G D887 to be played in the evening concert and, joined by the Fitzwilliam Quartet, will also talk about the Quartettsatz D703 and the fragmentary Andante that follows it, which will be played in his completion.