SAMPLE PROGRAMMES2020-22

SacconiQuartet

String Quartet Repertoire Haydn String Quartet in D min, Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’Panufnik String Quartet (Sacconi commission)Webern Langsamer Satz Schubert String Quartet in A min D. 804 ‘Rosamunde’

Purcell Fantasia No. 6 in F majorPurcell Chacony in G minorPurcell Fantasia No. 11 in G majorTippett String Quartet No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky’

Struggle and OppressionArvo Pärt Summa Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110Dove In Damascus for Tenor and String QuartetWith Mark Padmore or James Gilchrist

Sacconi Quartet and Freddy Kempf - Beethoven #250 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90 Beethoven Quartet Op. 131 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 arr. Lachner

Sacconi Quartet and Freddy KempfHaydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 'Fifths'Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6EITHER Rachmaninov Romance & Kapustin Piano Quintet OR Schumann Piano Quintet

Sacconi Quartet and Daniel Tong – ‘An Antidote to Beethoven’Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 17 (first part)Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Festival Programmes These can be performed together as a concert or spread over thecourse of a festival.

Roxanna PanufnikThe Sacconi present a new disc of works and a new commission by acclaimed composer Roxanna Panufnik, with Roderick Williams OBE, Charles Owen, Nicholas Daniel, Amy Harman and Mary Bevan:

Private Joe (Baritone & quartet)Cantator & Amanda (bassoon & quartet) Letters from Burma (oboe & quartet)Second Home (piano, quartet, optional soprano)New Commission (quartet)Hora Bessarabia (violin & double bass)Canto (viola) Due for release on Signum Records in 2021

Transatlantic MinimalismGraham Fitkin (piano) and Ruth Wall (harp).

Arvo Pärt SummaCage Interlude 1 and Sonata 5 (arranged by Ruth Wall for prepared harp)Menotti Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string quartet Fitkin Running and Breathing (solo piano)Fitkin Servant Fitkin StringFitkin Resistances (solo piano)Philip Glass String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’Fitkin Recur

CollaborationsNicola LeFanu String Quintet (with Tim Lowe, cello)Stephen Goss Theorbo Concerto (arr. for theorbo and string quartet) with English lutenist Matthew WadsworthOctets Shostakovich, Enescu and MendelssohnString Quintets Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven, SchubertPiano Quintets (with Peter Donohoe, Charles Owen and Melvyn Tan) Dvořák, Brahms, Schumann, Elgar, Franck, Shostakovich, DoveClarinet Quintets (with Michael Collins) Brahms, Mozart, Bliss, Weber, Glazunov, Bowen, HowellsBaritone and String Quartet (with Roderick Williams OBE) Finzi By Footpath and Stile and John McCabe Silver NocturnesString Sextets Strauss, SchoenbergSchubert Trout Quintet D. 667; Glinka: Grand Sextet in E flat majorBeethoven Septet in E flat major, Op. 20; Schubert: Octet in F, D. 803

Alternative Programmes Beethoven in the DarkBeethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131From memory and in the dark. A truly sonic, immersive experience of a profound and deeply moving piece, with the near-darkness of the stage allowing a closer connection with Beethoven's world.

The Juliet LettersCostello & Brodsky Quartet The Juliet LettersA revival of the rarely performed Juliet Letters, composed and toured by the Brodsky Quartet, with folk singer Jon Boden (ex-frontman of Bellowhead).

Death’s Cabaret: A Love StoryA ground-breaking new kind of concerto - a cabaret concerto - commissioned for outstanding cellist, baritone and story-teller Matthew Sharp with the Sacconi Quartet from celebrated composer Stephen Deazley and award-winning writer Martin Riley.

Masterclasses The Sacconi Quartet offer a range of masterclasses, along with education and outreach work, as part of festival residencies

'COVID-friendly' programmesA special reduced fee is available for performances between Jan - July 2021. Each programme can be played full-length as normal, or as a shorter-length programme to be played twice to allow for social distancing.

Viennese ClassicsHaydn String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 ‘Fifths’ (omitted in shorter pro-gramme)Panufnik String Quartet (Sacconi commission)Webern Langsamer Satz Schubert String Quartet in A min D. 804 ‘Rosamunde’

Counterpoint and FantasyPurcell Fantasia No. 6 in F majorPurcell Chacony in G minorPurcell Fantasia No. 11 in G majorTippett String Quartet No. 2 (omitted in shorter programme)Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky’

The Great String TriosMozart Divertimento in E flat, K. 563Dohnányi Serenade in C, Op. 10Beethoven Trio in D, Op. 9 No. 2(Dohnanyi or Beethoven omitted in shorter programme)

Robin Ashwellviola

Hannah Dawsonviolin

Ben Hancoxviolin

Cara Berridgecello

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20th Anniversary tour!In the 2021-22 season, the Sacconi will celebrate their 20th anniversary (with their four foundermembers), with a worldwide tour of at least 20 concerts.

Guest composer: Jonathan Dove CBEThe Sacconi are thrilled that renowned English composer Jonathan Dove CBE will be writing a new string quartet especially for theiranniversary, to be premiered at Wigmore Hall. One of the mostsuccessful 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’.

"An exceptional ensemble… a unanimous sense of musical breath and a meticulous attention to detail."Musical Opinion