Author: David Botibol

Strings Attached is very pleased to have been accepted by the scheme of CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust which encourages young people to attend concerts, as from our next event, the eagerly anticipated recital by the Heath Quartet on 15 December 2013.

Through CAVATINA, and with the co-operation and support of Brighton Dome & Festival, we are able to offer a limited number of advance FREE tickets to young people for this and our future Coffee Concerts. See Brighton Dome & Festival website. We originally understood that the free tickets would be issued on the morning of each concert; but it now appears that they must be obtained in advance.

If you happen to be older than 25 do please, of course, make this very generous offer known to your younger friends and relatives!

We have heard from Brighton Dome of a change of Quartet to the Coffee Concert taking place on Sunday 16th March 2014 at 11am. We are delighted to welcome Szymanowski Quartet to our Coffee Concert series. Their programme includes the Dvorak String Quartet No.13 Op.106 in Zemlinksy Quartet’s original programme as well as Haydn’s String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1 and Szymanowski’s String Quartet Op. 56 No. 2.

Founded in Warsaw in 1995, the Szymanowski Quartet were honoured in 2005 with the Szymanowski Award in Warsaw and in 2007 they were awarded the Medal of Honour by the Polish government for their service to Polish culture.

The deal for Friends for the coming season is £105 for the six coffee concerts and the launch concert/reception on 3rd October – the price to include tea or coffee in the coffee concert intervals and a glass of wine/soft drink for everyone at the launch concert.

STRINGS ATTACHED in association with BRIGHTON DOME
COFFEE CONCERTS 2013/14

Launch concert and reception Thursday 3 October 7.30 p.m.
Jubilee Quartet
HAYDN String Quartet in C major, op. 54 No.2
JANACEK String Quartet No.2 Intimate Letters
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810 Death and the Maiden

Sunday 13 October 11.00 a.m.
Apollon Musagete Quartet
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No.2 in A minor, op. 13
PROKOFIEV Visions Fugitives, op. 22
STRAVINSKY Concertino for String Quartet
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.4 in D major, op. 83

Sunday 10 November 11.00 a.m.
Rachel Podger
PISENDEL Sonata per violino solo senza basso
TARTINI Sonata No.13 in B minor, B:h1
ROMAN Assaggio a violino solo, BeRI 314
MATTEIS Three pieces
J.S.BACH Partita in G minor, BWV 1013
BIBER Passacaglia
TARTINI Sonata in A minor, B:a3

Sunday 15 December 11.00 a.m.
Heath Quartet
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
TIPPETT String Quartet No.4
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.8 in E minor, op.59 No. 2

Sunday 19 January 11.00 a.m.
Soloists of the Royal College of Music
Programme to include
SCHUBERT Octet in F major, D.803

Sunday 23 February 11.00 a.m.
Trio Isimisz
HAYDN Piano Trio No.38 in D major, Hob XV:24
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op.1 No.3
SCHUBERT Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, D.898

Sunday 16 March 11.00 a.m.
Zemlinsky Quartet
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.1 in F major, op.18 No.1
ZEMLINSKY String Quartet No.3, op.19
DVORAK String Quartet No. 13 in G major, op.106 (B.192)

Ensembles and programmes are shortly to be announced – dates are now confirmed as:

13 October, 10 November and 15 December 2013;
19 January, 23 February and 16 March 2014.

The launch concert will be in the evening on 3 October 2013.