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2019 Annual Jacqueline du Pré Charity Concert
Date
Fri 01 Feb 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • The Shanghai Quartet
    • Michael Collinsclarinet

    Programme

    • Tie-Shan Liu
        • Yao Dance
          (arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet)
    • Trad/Chinese
        • Shepherd's Song
          (arranged by Han-Kun Sha, arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang)
    • Jing-Ping Zhang
      b. 1924
        • Harvest Celebration
          (arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet)

    Interval

    Overview

    East meets West as the Shanghai Quartet makes its Wigmore debut, joined by celebrated clarinettist Michael Collins. The programme includes Chinese folk songs juxtaposed with profound chamber works by Beethoven and Brahms, and a Judith Weir world première. This concert is in support of Britain's oldest musical charity, The Royal Society of Musicians.

    This concert is generously supported by J & A Beare and Beare’s International Violin Society

    The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (Reg. Charity)

    Classic FM

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