Van Kuijk Quartet
Nicolas Van Kuijk and Sylvain Favre-Bulle violins
Emmanuel François viola, Anthony Kondo cello
Mozart String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K428
Henriëtte Bosmans String Quartet (1927)
Schumann String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 No. 2
Winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in April 2015, the Parisian Van Kuijk Quartet became BBC New Generation Artists and performed for Leamington Music the following November with a totally French programme. Further prizes including the Trondheim have followed as the Quartet’s flourishing career has taken them all over the world. This is their third visit to Leamington, and this time they bring the quartet by the Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans to take its rightful place with music by the masters, Mozart and Schumann.
The finer details…
Interval: 20 mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Royal String Quartet | Lucas Krupinski piano
Górecki String Quartet No. 3 Op. 67 ‘…songs are sung’
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Two masterpieces in one concert for our Festival finale….
Members of the first audience for Górecki’s five-movement magnum opus declared it to have “transcendental qualities”, and in what better way could we close this fabulous weekend? With the coming together of the Festival’s resident pianist and string quartet, to give us arguably the greatest Piano Quintet of them all, of course!
Part of the Leamington Music “Focus on Poland” Festival Weekend, 25-27 September
The finer details…
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Centre Section: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Side Sections: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Schumann Nine Pieces from Bunte Blätter Op. 99
Howard Skempton Chorales and Inventions (2025)
Clara Schumann Notturno Op. 6 No. 2
Fauré Nocturne No. 6
Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse
Described by The Sunday Times as “a thoughtful, poetic player”, William Howard is one of Britain’s leading pianists and enjoys a career that has taken him to over 40 different countries. His performing life consists of solo recitals, concerto performances, and guest appearances with chamber ensembles and instrumentalists. In 1983 he founded the Schubert Ensemble, with which he performed for the full 35 years of the Ensemble’s existence (it gave its final concert in June 2018).
William is passionate about 19th-century piano repertoire, particularly Schumann and Fauré, and throughout his professional life he has also been active in commissioning new works and has taken part in over 100 premières. Our ‘Favourite treasures, Forgotten gems’ theme shines out in this recital’s wonderful programme.
The finer details…
Interval: none
Estimated finish: 1pm
Tickets:
Centre section: £18 full price | £3 child/student
Side sections: £13 full price | £6.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Fibonacci String Quartet
Luna De Mol and Kryštof Kohut violins
Elliot Kempton viola | Findlay Spence cello
arr. Fibonacci Quartet Moravian Love Songs
Bartók String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
Schumann String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
The Fibonacci Quartet is one of Europe’s leading young string quartets. They have recently taken prizes at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall, and are quickly establishing a reputation as compelling performers of a wide variety of repertoire.
The Quartet blew us away on their first visit to Leamington with their magical performance of Bartók’s Fourth Quartet, and we simply had to invite them back to give us more at the earliest opportunity! This, partnered with Schumann’s brilliant Quartet No. 3 and a graceful nod to Leamington Music’s speciality in Czech music, they will get the Festival off to a very fine start indeed.
The finer details…
Interval: 20 mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets:
Centre section: £28 full price | £3 child/student
Side sections: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student