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58 The Queen’s Hall Series
Calder Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’
Thomas Adès Arcadiana
Andrew Norman ‘... toward sunrise and the prime of light...’
Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor Op 80
The players of the Calder Quartet from Los Angeles are as at ease
performing with rock musicians Airborne Toxic Event and Andrew WK
as they are in their incisive interpretations of the Classical repertoire.
They have collaborated extensively with British composer Thomas
Adès, and their lyrical performances of his nostalgic Arcadiana,
seven exquisite miniatures evoking idyllic memories of places real
and imagined, have been widely acclaimed.
Alongside a rapturous short piece by young US composer Andrew
Norman and the glowing melodies of Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet,
they also perform Mendelssohn’s last major work, a hugely impassioned
piece full of rage and lamentation, written shortly after the death of the
composer’s beloved sister.
‘a group of four dynamic and wickedly talented musicians’
Hollywood Weekly
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Monday 20 August 11.00am
The Queen’s Hall
Tickets
£29 £26 £21 £17.50 £11 £8
1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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Photo Tyler Boye
Rebecca Evans Soprano
Malcolm Martineau Piano
Songs by Purcell, Bellini, Mozart, Bizet, Gounod, Hahn,
Saint-Saëns, Obradors, Bernstein and Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
Hearing Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans perform is an electrifying
experience. She brings a warmth and natural charm to her music,
yet her interpretations display her astonishing technical assurance
and a fierce emotional intensity.
Her recital ranges from restrained yet vivid songs by Purcell to the
tongue-in-cheek recipe settings of Bernstein’s La bonne cuisine,
by way of the languid love songs of Bellini’s Sei ariette. Evans also
includes a selection of Mozart’s Lieder and the 1977 Nature Songs
by her compatriot Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, as well as two Spanish sets:
Granados’s passionate La maja dolorosa, and folk-inspired songs
by Obradors.
Evans is joined by the acclaimed Edinburgh-born pianist Malcolm
Martineau, accompanist of choice for a whole generation of
renowned Lieder artists.
‘A riveting, note-perfect performance’ Mail on Sunday
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Tuesday 21 August 11.00am
The Queen’s Hall
Tickets
£29 £26 £21 £17.50 £11 £8
1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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Supported by
David McLellan
Photo Sian Trenberth