Summer Festival 2016

Schubert Ensemble

Monday 13 June, 7.00pm (2016)

The Octagon, Queen Mary University of London

The Schubert Ensemble present romantic music beneath the elegant high-domed ceiling of The Octagon.

PRICE: Tickets: £15 unreserved

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Simon Blendis violin
Douglas Paterson viola
Jane Salmon cello
Peter Buckoke double bass
William Howard piano

Romantic chamber music presented beneath the elegant high-domed ceiling of The Octagon.

The Schubert Ensemble premieres a piano quintet by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, winner of the BBC Young Composer competition at the age of just 15, alongside a quintet by Louise Farrenc, the only woman to hold a permanent post at the Paris Conservatoire in the 19th century.

Approximate end time: 8.15pm (no interval)


Full programme

Louise Farrenc Quintet No.1 in A minor
Cheryl Frances-Hoad  The Whole Earth Dances (world premiere)*
Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47

*Co-commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble and Spitalfields Music. Supported by the John S Cohen Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation, The Leche Trust, Lord Phillimore’s Charitable Trust, RVW Trust, The Steel Charitable Trust and The Schubert Ensemble Trust.


Pre-concert talk

6.00pm – 6.30pm
The artists and composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad discuss the programme and the creation of her new work.

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The Octagon, Queen Mary University of London

Queen's Building, Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS

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