Villiers Quartet: Late Schubert IV
29 October @ 7.45pm to 10.30pm
About Villiers Quartet: Late Schubert IV
With Alexander McNamee and Emily Chambers
Rebecca Clarke: Poem (Adagio) for String Quartet (1926)
Haydn: String Quartet in Bb major, op. 76/iv, “Sunrise” (1797)
William Alwyn: String Quartet No. 9, “Romeo & Juliet” (1931)
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, “Trout” (1819)
In this concert inaugurating the last part of the Villiers Quartet’s three-year Late Schubert series, the quartet are joined by two outstanding Oxford students, Alexander McNamee and Emily Chambers, for a rendition of Schubert’s well-loved ‘Trout’ Quintet.
A similar sense of lyricism pervades the other pieces in the programme, in particular the wonderful Alwyn Ninth Quartet, inspired by the Romeo’s death scene in Act 5 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo & Juliet” and which was first recorded by the Villiers Quartet in 2020.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.45pm with Dr Peter Copley.
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
Full price – £30.00
Concessions (Student, disability, benefits, under 16) – £7.00
All orders will be subject to a per transaction booking fee of £1.50
Dates & times:
Thursday 29 October at 7.30pm
Doors open at 6.30pm (for talk at 6.45pm) and 7.20pm (for concert at 7.30pm)
Running time:
2 hours 30 minutes, without an interval
Good to know:
The running time above includes the pre-concert talk.
