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Haydn, Purcell and Ravel
Sacconi Quartet
Programme & Song Text
Date
Thu 22 Jul 2021, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Sacconi Quartet
    • Ben Hancoxviolin
    • Hannah Dawsonviolin
    • Robin Ashwellviola
    • Cara Berridgecello

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Fantasia a 4 No. 6 in F Z737
      • Chacony in G minor Z730
      • Fantasia a 4 No. 11 in G Z742

Overview

A varied programme tonight opens with Purcell Fantasias, written at a time when viol consort music was reaching the end of its popularity, and finishes with Ravel’s single, subtle work for string quartet.

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