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Heath Quartet

Part of the Dartington Summer School of Music 2017 Series

Add to my Calendar 12-08-2017 19:45 12-08-2017 21:45 36 Heath Quartet In memory of Dartington potter Marianne de Trey CBEWe’re delighted to welcome back the dynamic and charismatic Heath Quartet. Described by The Strad as giving 'passionate performances that combine technical accomplishment with interpretative flair', the leading young Heath Quartet is rapidly emerging as an exciting voice on the international chamber music scene. Their recording of Tippett’s string quartets received widespread acclaim and won the 2016 Gramophone Chamber Disk of the Year. A subsequent release of Tchaikovsky’s Quartets was selected as Disk of the Week by both The Sunday Times and BBC Radio 3. Future highlights include a return to the Berlin Konzerthaus, performances in Austria with Michael Collins, as well as appearances at the Wigmore Hall.Their lovely, meaty programme for Dartington includes some of the greatest quartet repertoire ever written, including Mendelssohn’s late quartet dedicated to his sister Fanny.‘…The music’s potency and bravura were conveyed with thrilling conviction’ The Guardianwww.heathquartet.com Great Hall - Dartington Hall, Totnes DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Great Hall - Dartington Hall
Dartington
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 6EL
England

Programme

Joseph Haydn – String Quartet no.31 in B minor, Op.33 no.1, Hob III:37
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F major 'Razumovsky', Op.59 no.1
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet no.6 in F minor, Op.80

Performers

Oliver Heath – violin
Sara Wolstenholme – violin
Gary Pomeroy – viola
Christopher Murray – cello

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Programme Note

In memory of Dartington potter Marianne de Trey CBE

We’re delighted to welcome back the dynamic and charismatic Heath Quartet. Described by The Strad as giving 'passionate performances that combine technical accomplishment with interpretative flair', the leading young Heath Quartet is rapidly emerging as an exciting voice on the international chamber music scene. Their recording of Tippett’s string quartets received widespread acclaim and won the 2016 Gramophone Chamber Disk of the Year. A subsequent release of Tchaikovsky’s Quartets was selected as Disk of the Week by both The Sunday Times and BBC Radio 3. Future highlights include a return to the Berlin Konzerthaus, performances in Austria with Michael Collins, as well as appearances at the Wigmore Hall.

Their lovely, meaty programme for Dartington includes some of the greatest quartet repertoire ever written, including Mendelssohn’s late quartet dedicated to his sister Fanny.

‘…The music’s potency and bravura were conveyed with thrilling conviction’ The Guardian

www.heathquartet.com

Heath Quartet

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