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IN MEMORY OF PETER BRICE
The Festival first hosted the Piatti Quartet in 2014 when they were our ‘Quartet in Residence’. Peter Brice brought them to Rye and championed their work. They were able to bring such joy to so many people as they played in the Primary school, held open rehearsals, a masterclass and performed not only in stunning churches but also at The Queen’s Head with a ‘Beer & Bartok’ free concert. They also performed a specially commissioned piece by Joseph Phipps, with whom they have forged a creative relationship. Peter thought they were brilliant and so do we. Come and hear one of the country’s foremost quartets.
Programme
Phibbs: Quartet no. 4 (Piatti 24 commission) Peter Brice helped commission the original Phibbs 1.
Britten: Quartet No.1 (when Peter Brice first heard Piatti Quartet, they played Britten).
Interval
Dvorak ‘American’ (Piatti Quartet played Dvorak in the 2014 Rye Arts Festival and Peter Brice first heard Piatti Quartet with Dvorak).
Charlotte Harding: Kildonan (Piatti and Francis Routh Trust commission 2024, beautiful meditation on Scottish isle)
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Interval
Schubert: Quartet in A minor ‘Rosamunde’
Dvorak: Quartet in F major, ‘American’
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Schubert: Quartet in A minor, ‘Rosamunde’
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 25
Michael Zev Gordon Piano Quintet ‘Kintsui’ (World premiere)
Richard Blackford Spirit of Delight (World premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op 80
Henry Purcell/Benjamin Britten Chacony in G minor
Benjamin Britten Three Divertimenti
Joseph Phibbs String Quartet No 4 (World premiere)
Ernest John Moeran String Quartet No 2 in E flat
A UK premiere of Julian Anderson’s 5th String Quartet, titled ‘Ice’ to be paired with Dvorak’s evergreen American Quartet, his 12th.
A dreamy and unmissable programme consisting of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Brahms’ Sextet No.1 in B flat major.
Eoin Martin-Schmidt, Viola
Jonathan Aasgaard, Cello
An hour long concert featuring favourite works of ours at the wonderful SDSM International Festival in Alfriston
Concerts and masterclasses
Our final recording day of Joseph Phibbs’ String Quartets for Nimbus Records