Details
Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England
Programme
Henry Purcell – King Arthur: Excerpts
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.8 in C minor, Op.110 (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48
Performers
Andrew Watkinson – violin / director
Guildhall String Ensemble
Programme Note
Andrew Watkinson, first violinist of the Endellion Quartet, leads listeners on a journey through classic string ensemble repertoire that ranges from the despair of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8 to the joy of Tchaikovsky’s String Serenade.