Details
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quintet in C major 'Storm', Op.29
Ben Comeau – New work (world premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Phantasy Quintet
Performers
Britten Sinfonia
Programme Note
Vaughan Williams’ Phantasy for string quintet, which displays his distinctive and expressive style, was dedicated to William Wilson Cobbett, whose famous competition encouraged young composers to write chamber music.
Winner of our own Cambridge University Composers’ workshop , Ben Comeau’s work receives its première and we hear Beethoven’s transitional and tumultuous quintet The Storm.
Related concerts
This concert is part of the following series:
Contemporary Music Series Britten Sinfonia At Lunch