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Roderick Williams & Carducci Quartet
Part of the York Concerts 2025/2026 Cycle
Add to my Calendar 01-10-2025 19:30 01-10-2025 21:30 36 Roderick Williams & Carducci Quartet Roderick Williams is one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recital. In 2016, he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year award and was awarded an OBE for services to music a year later. He is joined for this exclusive performance by the award-winning Carducci Quartet, who The Strad has described as presenting ‘a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose’. One of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles in the world today, they regularly appear at prestigious venues and festivals across the globe. An all-Schubert programme opens with the composer’s Tenth String Quartet, which he wrote when he was only 16 years of age. It is often referred to as the ‘Haushaltung’ (‘Household’) Quartet, as it was written to be played by members of Schubert’s family and is not as technically demanding as the composer’s mature works. With its themes of love, death, travel and nature, Schubert’s great song cycle Die schöne Müllerin offers a dramatic portrayal of unrequited love. The role of the piano in the work is notable for how it provides far more than mere accompaniment and becomes a true conversational partner for the voice. In this unique reworking of the cycle, arranged and performed by Roderick Williams, audiences will experience how the rich and nuanced timbres of the string quartet add an intriguing new dimension to this musical conversation. ‘High-octane playing balanced control with devil-may-care spontaneity’ (The Guardian) Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
England
Programme
Franz Schubert – Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795
Franz Schubert – String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D.87
Performers
Roderick Williams – baritone
Carducci Quartet
Other concerts in this Cycle
Programme Note
Roderick Williams is one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recital. In 2016, he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year award and was awarded an OBE for services to music a year later. He is joined for this exclusive performance by the award-winning Carducci Quartet, who The Strad has described as presenting ‘a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose’. One of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles in the world today, they regularly appear at prestigious venues and festivals across the globe.
An all-Schubert programme opens with the composer’s Tenth String Quartet, which he wrote when he was only 16 years of age. It is often referred to as the ‘Haushaltung’ (‘Household’) Quartet, as it was written to be played by members of Schubert’s family and is not as technically demanding as the composer’s mature works.
With its themes of love, death, travel and nature, Schubert’s great song cycle Die schöne Müllerin offers a dramatic portrayal of unrequited love. The role of the piano in the work is notable for how it provides far more than mere accompaniment and becomes a true conversational partner for the voice. In this unique reworking of the cycle, arranged and performed by Roderick Williams, audiences will experience how the rich and nuanced timbres of the string quartet add an intriguing new dimension to this musical conversation.
‘High-octane playing balanced control with devil-may-care spontaneity’ (The Guardian)
