Dante Quartet & Brian Thorsett at Conway Hall, London on Sunday 3rd March 2024

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Dante Quartet & Brian Thorsett

Part of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Spring 2024 Series

Add to my Calendar 03-03-2024 18:30 03-03-2024 20:30 36 Dante Quartet & Brian Thorsett The Dante Quartet, one of the UK’s finest ensembles, is known for its imaginative programming and impassioned performances. The Quartet was founded in 1995 and chose its name to reflect the idea of an epic journey. The Quartet has been honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music and has also received international awards for its recordings. Their programme begins with Beethoven’s Op.135, his last completed work, which was premiered a year after the composer’s death. They devote the rest of the evening to British music, firstly Ian Venables’ Invite to Eternity, inspired by the works of the Northamptonshire-born poet John Clare (1793-1864). A selection of songs by Gloucester composer Ivor Gurney completes the first half, before the Dante conclude their recital with Elgar’s String Quartet, composed in 1918 during a highly productive period which also saw the composition of the Violin Sonata and the Piano Quintet. “The unflinching integrity of their interpretation and the excitement of their playing were consistently superb” – The Guardian Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Hugill • 5:30pm Ian Venables is a English composer based in Worcester, in the tradition of West country-based composers such as Ivor Gurney & Herbert Howells. Venables is particularly known for his song writing, and we introduce his 1997 cycle, Invite to Eternity setting the poetry of John Clare for the relatively unusual combination of voice and string quartet. We will also sketch in the background to the String Quartet by Elgar, another composer much inspired by the West country. We would like to thank The Ivor Gurney Society for their support of this concert Conway Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England

Sunday 3rd March 2024
6:30 PM

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op.135
Ian Venables – Invite to Eternity
Ivor Gurney – By A Bierside
Ivor Gurney – In Flanders
Ivor Gurney – Severn Meadows
Ivor Gurney – Lights Out
Edward Elgar – String Quartet in E minor, Op.83

Performers

Brian Thorsett – tenor

Dante Quartet

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Programme Note

The Dante Quartet, one of the UK’s finest ensembles, is known for its imaginative programming and impassioned performances. The Quartet was founded in 1995 and chose its name to reflect the idea of an epic journey. The Quartet has been honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music and has also received international awards for its recordings.

Their programme begins with Beethoven’s Op.135, his last completed work, which was premiered a year after the composer’s death. They devote the rest of the evening to British music, firstly Ian Venables’ Invite to Eternity, inspired by the works of the Northamptonshire-born poet John Clare (1793-1864). A selection of songs by Gloucester composer Ivor Gurney completes the first half, before the Dante conclude their recital with Elgar’s String Quartet, composed in 1918 during a highly productive period which also saw the composition of the Violin Sonata and the Piano Quintet.

“The unflinching integrity of their interpretation and the excitement of their playing were consistently superb” – The Guardian

Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Hugill • 5:30pm

Ian Venables is a English composer based in Worcester, in the tradition of West country-based composers such as Ivor Gurney & Herbert Howells. Venables is particularly known for his song writing, and we introduce his 1997 cycle, Invite to Eternity setting the poetry of John Clare for the relatively unusual combination of voice and string quartet. We will also sketch in the background to the String Quartet by Elgar, another composer much inspired by the West country.

We would like to thank The Ivor Gurney Society for their support of this concert

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