Sacconi Quartet SAMPLE PROGRAMMES 2020-22 String Quartet Repertoire Festival Programmes Haydn String Quartet in D min, Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ These can be performed together as a concert or spread over the Panufnik String Quartet (Sacconi commission) course of a festival. Webern Langsamer Satz Roxanna Panufnik Schubert String Quartet in A min D. 804 ‘Rosamunde’ The Sacconi present a new disc of works and a new commission by acclaimed composer Roxanna Panufnik, with Roderick Williams OBE, Charles Purcell Fantasia No. 6 in F major Owen, Nicholas Daniel, Amy Harman and Mary Bevan: Purcell Chacony in G minor Purcell Fantasia No. 11 in G major Private Joe (Baritone & quartet) Cantator & Amanda (bassoon & quartet) Tippett String Quartet No. 2 Letters from Burma (oboe & quartet) Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky’ Second Home (piano, quartet, optional soprano) New Commission (quartet) Struggle and Oppression Hora Bessarabia (violin & double bass) Arvo Pärt Summa Canto (viola) Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Due for release on Signum Records in 2021 Dove In Damascus for Tenor and String Quartet Transatlantic Minimalism With Mark Padmore or James Gilchrist Graham Fitkin (piano) and Ruth Wall (harp). Arvo Pärt Summa Sacconi Quartet and Freddy Kempf - Beethoven #250 Cage Interlude 1 and Sonata 5 (arranged by Ruth Wall for prepared Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90 harp) Beethoven Quartet Op. 131 Menotti Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string quartet Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 arr. Lachner Fitkin Running and Breathing (solo piano) Fitkin Servant Sacconi Quartet and Freddy Kempf Fitkin String Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 'Fifths' Fitkin Resistances (solo piano) Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 Philip Glass String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’ EITHER Rachmaninov Romance & Kapustin Piano Quintet Robin Ashwell Hannah Dawson Ben Hancox Cara Berridge Fitkin Recur OR Schumann Piano Quintet viola violin violin cello Sacconi Quartet and Daniel Tong – ‘An Antidote to Beethoven’ Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 'COVID-friendly' programmes Alternative Programmes Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 17 (first part) A special reduced fee is available for performances between Jan - July 2021. Each Beethoven in the Dark Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 programme can be played full-length as normal, or as a shorter-length programme Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 to be played twice to allow for social distancing. From memory and in the dark. A truly sonic, immersive experience of a profound and deeply moving piece, with the near-darkness of the stage Viennese Classics allowing a closer connection with Beethoven's world. Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ (omitted in shorter pro- Collaborations gramme) The Juliet Letters Panufnik String Quartet (Sacconi commission) Nicola LeFanu String Quintet (with Tim Lowe, cello) Costello & Brodsky Quartet The Juliet Letters Webern Langsamer Satz Stephen Goss Theorbo Concerto (arr. for theorbo and string quartet) with A revival of the rarely performed Juliet Letters, composed and toured by the Schubert String Quartet in A min D. 804 ‘Rosamunde’ English lutenist Matthew Wadsworth Brodsky Quartet, with folk singer Jon Boden (ex-frontman of Bellowhead). Octets Shostakovich, Enescu and Mendelssohn Death’s Cabaret: A Love Story String Quintets Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert Counterpoint and Fantasy A ground-breaking new kind of concerto - a cabaret concerto - Piano Quintets (with Peter Donohoe, Charles Owen and Melvyn Tan) Dvořák, Purcell Fantasia No. 6 in F major commissioned for outstanding cellist, baritone and story-teller Matthew Brahms, Schumann, Elgar, Franck, Shostakovich, Dove Purcell Chacony in G minor Sharp with the Sacconi Quartet from celebrated composer Stephen Clarinet Quintets (with Michael Collins) Brahms, Mozart, Bliss, Weber, Purcell Fantasia No. 11 in G major Deazley and award-winning writer Martin Riley. Glazunov, Bowen, Howells Tippett String Quartet No. 2 (omitted in shorter programme) Baritone and String Quartet (with Roderick Williams OBE) Finzi By Footpath Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky’ Masterclasses and Stile and John McCabe Silver Nocturnes The Sacconi Quartet offer a range of masterclasses, along with education String Sextets Strauss, Schoenberg The Great String Trios and outreach work, as part of festival residencies Schubert Trout Quintet D. 667; Glinka: Grand Sextet in E flat major Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K. 563 Beethoven Septet in E flat major, Op. 20; Schubert: Octet in F, D. 803 Dohnányi Serenade in C, Op. 10 Beethoven Trio in D, Op. 9 No. 2 (Dohnanyi or Beethoven omitted in shorter programme) "An exceptional ensemble… a unanimous sense of musical breath and a meticulous attention to detail." Musical Opinion 20th Anniversary tour! In the 2021-22 season, the Sacconi will celebrate their 20th anniversary (with their four founder members), with a worldwide tour of at least 20 concerts. Guest composer: Jonathan Dove CBE The Sacconi are thrilled that renowned English composer Jonathan Dove CBE will be writing a new string quartet especially for their anniversary, to be premiered at Wigmore Hall. One of the most successful and consistently explored contemporary composers of the 21st Century, Jonathan Dove’s music delights audiences from around the world. The Sacconi have a special relationship with Jonathan; in 2017 they released a critically-acclaimed Dove album featuring his new cantata ‘In Damascus’. ARTIST MANAGER Ellie Shouls +44(0)20 7354 9199 [email protected] MANAGEMENT Ikon Arts Management Ltd 2-6 Baches Street London N1 6DN +44 (0)20 7354 9199 artist management www.ikonarts-edituionpeters.com.