Albion Refracted

Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 20:00 – 21:15
Location: Kings Place, Hall One
Joseph PhibbsString Quartet No.1  
Three Idylls for String Quartet II. Allegretto poco lento
HolstPhantasy for String Quartet
TurnageWinter’s Edge III 
Thomas AdèsArcadiana Op.12 V. L’embarquement 
Edmund FinnisString Quartet No.1 Aloysius IV Hymn (After Byrd)
BrittenString Quartet No.1
Alex Lawthernarrator 
Sean Mullanvisual artist 

This programme is centred around the evocative poet, Alice Oswald, and equally compelling composer with whom the Piatti Quartet have built up a close relationship – Joseph Phibbs, the programme begins with the miniature and intimate, then opens out as the poetry and visuals guide you through woodland, waterfalls, the sea, the sky and lastly the moon and stars. The Quartet is joined by The Imitation Game actor Alex Lawther.