Carducci Quartet with Huw Watkins at Penarth Pier Pavilion, Penarth on Wednesday 20th May 2020

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Carducci Quartet with Huw Watkins

Part of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2020

Add to my Calendar 20-05-2020 20:00 20-05-2020 22:00 36 Carducci Quartet with Huw Watkins Huw Watkins’ involvement in this year’s Vale of Glamorgan Festival as a featured composer reaches its zenith in this concert, when you can hear him play his own music for piano. He is joined by contemporary music specialists Carducci Quartet for a performance of his Piano Quintet (2018). This lively piece couldn’t contrast more sharply with The Wind in High Places, from this year’s other featured composer, John Luther Adams. Inspired by the Alaskan mountains, it’s a sparse, hypnotic string quartet, which regular Festival collaborator, composer Pwyll ap Siôn, has described  as “breathtaking”. And if you saw Cardiff's outdoor performances in 2019 with Astrid the Street Organ, you’ll have come across David Roche, who coordinated the project and introduced the compositions. This time the Vale of Glamorgan Festival has commissioned David to write a new piece for solo piano, which Huw Watkins will perform in its world premiere in this concert. Penarth Pier Pavilion, Penarth DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Penarth Pier Pavilion
The Esplanade
Penarth
Vale of Glamorgan
CF64 3AU
Wales

Wednesday 20th May 2020
8:00 PM

Programme

Philip Glass – String Quartet no.3 Mishima (1985)
John Luther Adams – The Wind in High Places
David Roche – New work for solo piano (World premiere)
Huw Watkins – Piano Quintet

Performers

Huw Watkins – piano

Carducci Quartet

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Programme Note

Huw Watkins’ involvement in this year’s Vale of Glamorgan Festival as a featured composer reaches its zenith in this concert, when you can hear him play his own music for piano.

He is joined by contemporary music specialists Carducci Quartet for a performance of his Piano Quintet (2018).

This lively piece couldn’t contrast more sharply with The Wind in High Places, from this year’s other featured composer, John Luther Adams. Inspired by the Alaskan mountains, it’s a sparse, hypnotic string quartet, which regular Festival collaborator, composer Pwyll ap Siôn, has described as “breathtaking”.

And if you saw Cardiff's outdoor performances in 2019 with Astrid the Street Organ, you’ll have come across David Roche, who coordinated the project and introduced the compositions. This time the Vale of Glamorgan Festival has commissioned David to write a new piece for solo piano, which Huw Watkins will perform in its world premiere in this concert.

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