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Henschel Quartet – Friday 13 February

Henschel Quartet

Christoph Henschel and Hannah Perowne violins
Monika Henschel viola, Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj cello

Haydn    String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5 in D major ‘The Lark’
Freda Swain   String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘Norfolk’
Mendelssohn   String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

 

The Henschel Quartet from Germany returns for its eleventh visit since first playing in Leamington in February 2000, the last time opening the 2018/19 Winter Season. For this concert, the Quartet sandwiches two works we know and love with a new one for many of us: the First Quartet of Freda Swain (written in 1924), whose oeuvre is currently being rediscovered and who should undoubtedly have been recognised as one of the most prominent composers of her time.

Concert generously supported by Diane Holt

 

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets
Front Nave: £28 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student

Henschel String Quartet

Christoph Henschel and Hannah Perowne violins
Monika Henschel viola, Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj cello

Beethoven Quartet in E flat Op 74 ‘Harp’
Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor Op 13
Schumann Quartet in A major Op 41 No 3

The Henschel Quartet from Germany returns for its tenth visit since first playing in Leamington in February 2000, the last time being in the 2015 Leamington Music Festival Weekend. For this concert, the Quartet brings a programme of works written between 1809 and 1842 by the three German composers who dominated that golden age when the Classical period evolved into the Romantic.

“…no question, one of the best groups in the world” (L.A. Times).