Archived Event

Key Stage 3 Schools Concert
Van Kuijk Quartet and Rachel Leach: Melodies
Date
Wed 16 Nov 2016, 11.00am
Duration
11:00am – 12:00noon
Availability

Artists

  • Quatuor Van Kuijk
    • Rachel Leachnarrator

    Programme

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise' 78
          :
        • I. Allegro con spirito 78
    • Maurice Ravel
      1875-1937
        • String Quartet in F
          :
        • I. Allegro moderato
        • II. Assez vif, très rythmé

    Overview

    Join the members of the Van Kuijk Quartet, First Prize winners of the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, as they perform a dynamic concert exploring the string quartet and its vast and varied repertoire.

    Alongside presenter Rachel Leach, the quartet performs a wide range of pieces by composers ranging from Ravel to Smetana. Designed to support, complement and extend the Key Stage 3 curriculum, bookers also receive a teachers’ resource pack ahead of the concert.

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