Artists
- Elias String Quartet
- Date
- Fri 22 Feb 2019, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 81
- Sally Beamishb. 1956
Interval
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Fantasias (selection)
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
Overview
The first of Schumann’s stringquartets (1842) is heard alongsidea new companion piece writtenby Sally Beamish – herself a violaplayer whose music the EliasQuartet has previously championed.
The Schumann Song Series is made possible with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund
This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25