Details
The Old Church
Clissold Park
Stoke Newington
London
N16 0JR
England
Programme
Franz Schubert – String Quintet, D.956
Luigi Boccherini – 6 String Quintets, G.271-276 (Op.11)
Performers
Massey Ensemble
Programme Note
The Massey Ensemble will perform Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, Op. 163, D. 956. Composed during the summer of 1828, only two months before his death on November 19, it was Schubert’s final instrumental composition and is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. In addition, the ensemble will perform Boccherini’s String Quintet Op 11. The Massey Ensemble is a London based chamber group comprised of English, Irish and Spanish musicians.
Artists: Aisling Manning and Harriet Murray – violin; Patricia Ramírez Reinoso – viola; Alice Murray and Julie-Anne Manning – cello