Chamber of delights.Byline: By Richard Yates Top chamber music groups are heading for Tyneside. Richard Yates has the details The new season of the Newcastle International Chamber Music Series opens this autumn, but it's not in Newcastle. The series, which has for many years been held in the King's Hall of Newcastle University, is now crossing the Tyne to a new home, Hall Two of The Sage Gateshead, but, being a limited company, it is retaining its Newcastle tag. The mix of new and familiar continues with both artists and repertoire, with four ensembles making their Tyneside debut. The first to take to the platform, on October 5, will be the all-female Sorrel Quartet, now familiar to North East audiences and much loved here as throughout the world. It performs Haydn's String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. in D, Op 71, No 2, the seventh quartet by Robert Simpson Robert Simpson or Bob Simpson may refer to: British:
Three master musicians from Russia, now resident in England, the Hermitage String Trio, will be in Hall Two on November 2 to present trios by Schubert, Martinu, Dohncnyi and Beethoven. Another highly-praised threesome, the Florestan Piano Trio, will be performing on November 30 with a programme of works by Mozart, Schumann and Shostakovich. The first recital of 2006, on January 25, features music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Schubert's Death and the Maiden Death and the Maiden may refer to:
Noun a school of music [French] Conservatory, Conservatoire a school of advanced studies, usually in one of the fine arts, hence, the students and professors collectively; . The next guests in Hall Two, on March 1, are the period-instrument Palladian Ensemble. Among the composers included are Arcangelo Corelli, and one of the sonatas to be played is Tartini's Devil's Trill. The six-recital season reaches its climax on March 29, with the Vermeer Quartet from the United States, performing Mozart's Hoffmeister Quartet, K499; Shostakovich's Quartet No 10 in A flat, Op 118; and Tchaikovsky's Quartet No 3 in E flat minor, Op 30. Subscriptions for the season are now available from the society's secretary on (0191) 284 7421. Single-concert tickets are available from The Sage Gateshead's box office, (0191) 443 4661. There are concessions for the unemployed, and full-time students aged from eight to 22 can qualify for free admission to all the recitals by calling (0191) 284 7421. THE Lanchester Early Music Festival resumes tomorrow in the village's All Saints' Church tomorrow at 7.30pm with a programme entitled Modus Phantasticus. Music for the bass viol, by Marais, Forqueray, Telemann, J S Bach and Boismortier will be performed by Greg Pullen and, on the harpsichord harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. and organ, by Ian Brunt. Tickets are pounds 8 on the door, with concessions at pounds 5. Under-18s and full-time students are admitted free. |
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