St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB. Doors open 6.30pm. Bar.
A welcome return to Hay Music of the Tippett Quartet in their 25th Anniversary year.
Tickets: £20 (under 25s - £10)
Please note: we are offering a limited number of free tickets to those under 25 years of age, as well as our usual half price under 25s tickets. Free tickets will only be available on a first-come-first served basis.
John Mills Lydia Lowndes-Northcott Jeremy Isaac Bozidar Vukotic
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 1
Michael Tippett: String Quartet No. 5
Franz Schubert: Death and the Maiden Quartet
“It’s difficult to imagine finer performances than those delivered by the Tippett Quartet. Immaculate tonal blend and technical precision”. BBC Music Magazine
The Tippett Quartet performs at Wigmore Hall, BBC Proms, Kings Place, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. They have toured Europe, Canada and Mexico. Their broad and diverse repertoire highlights the Tippett Quartet’s unique versatility. They have an impressive catalogue of recordings, most recently being awarded Gramophone Record of the Month for their recording of Gorécki Quartets for Naxos.
The Quartet pursues a keen interest in educational work with both schools and universities. It was Ensemble in Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University for 2012-13 and from 2015 they have been resident at Royal Holloway University, London.
The Tippett Quartet worked on a ground-breaking reimagining of Beethoven’s Op. 135 with composer/soundscape artist Matthew Herbert and has also given numerous world and UK premieres including newly discovered works by Tchaikovsky and Holst, as well as new works by John Adams, Freya Waley-Cohen, Howard Goodall and Alissa Firsova. They have also worked with Peter Maxwell-Davies for a performance of his 9th Quartet at the South Bank, with Anthony Payne on his Quartet No.1 for a live BBC broadcast from Spitalfields Festival and Hugh Wood on his String Quartet No. 3 at the Presteigne Festival. They have had the great pleasure of collaborating with inspirational soloists such as Kathryn Stott, Craig Ogden, Stephanie Gonley, Lawrence Power, Melvin Tan, Nick Van Bloss, Julian Bliss, Ashley Wass, Lynn Arnold, Emma Abbate, Mary Dullea and James Atkinson - and many other individuals and institutions too numerous to mention.