Thursday 11 – 13 April 2013
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich & Cutty Sark Performance Space
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance presents the 3rd biennial Royal Greenwich String Quartet Festival from 11-13 April, headlined by the world première of the award-winning composer Deirdre Gribbin’s new work, Hearing Your Genes Evolve, commissioned by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University.
Leading string quartet, Quatuor Mosaïques will be performing together with Quartet Arcadia which won the prestigious Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition 2012. The renowned Carducci Quartet, and the Benyounes Quartet will feature in the main concerts alongside the Smith Quartet, which will perform the première by Deirdre Gribbin in the iconic Cutty Sark Performance Space.
The Festival’s Artistic Director, David Kenedy, says:
“The string quartet’s extraordinary repertoire is arguably the most important form of classical chamber music making. Trinity Laban’s musical training teaches instrumental excellence as its basis, while ensuring that the learning we offer is at the 21st century conservatoire’s contemporary and cutting edge.
“This year’s Festival reflects the whole sweep of string quartet music through concerts, competitions, talks and masterclasses – from Quatuor Mosaïques, Haydn and Werner to the Smith Quartet, Deirdre Gribbin and evolving genetic theory – and offers a unique opportunity to support, promote and celebrate all that is exceptional about the genre among a new generation of musicians.”
Gribbin’s work is particularly noteworthy, as the artist says the genesis of the work draws inspiration from the possibility of using music to help non-scientists understand the principles of DNA and the genetic code.
Thursday 11 April
10:00-17:30: Chamber Music Bonanza, including visiting tutors from ChamberStudio
14:45-16:00: Talk – “Beethoven’s String Quartets” by Rob Cowan
16:30-18:00: Concert – St. Alfege’s Church, Greenwich
19:30-21:30: Arcadia Quartet – Chapel, Old Royal Naval College.
Friday 12 April
09:45-12:45: Carducci Quartet – masterclass
13:05-14:00: Benyounes Quartet and Christopher Guild, Beethoven Op. 18, No. 1, Schumann Piano Quintet – St. Alfege’s Church
14:30-15:30: Two Junior Trinity quartets and Greenwich and Lewisham quartets.
16:00-17:30: Trinity Laban String Ensemble and Benyounes Quartet. Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn, for two violins and 11 strings and Shostakovich’s 8th Quartet – Chapel, Old Royal Naval College
19.30-21.30: Quatuor Mosaïques – “Fugue” concert: Werner, 3 Fugues, Haydn Quartet Op. 20. No. 5, Beethoven Op. 130 and 133 (Grosse Fuge) – Chapel, Old Royal Naval College
Saturday 13 April
10:30-16:30: Trinity Laban Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition
10:00-13:00: Quatuor Mosaïques – masterclass
10:00-11:15: Junior Trinity workshops
11:30-13:30: Carducci Quartet – masterclass
11:30-13:30: Junior Trinity Composers’ Workshop: “The Beethoven Connection”
17:30-18:00: Pre-concert talk – Genetic Science and Music/Genetics Ethics (Dr Sarah Teichmann/Deirdre Gribbin) – Cutty Sark, Greenwich
18:00-19:00: Smith Quartet – World Premiere – Hearing Your Genes Evolve (Deirdre Gribbin) – – Cutty Sark, Greenwich
19:30-21:30: Carducci Quartet Plus Concert: Britten, 3 Divertimenti; Mozart Clarinet Quintet with Daniel Vallejo; Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132 – St. Alfege’s Church. Greenwich |
