Concerts Penzance present their only concert this season at 2.30pm on Sunday 30th November at Paul Church
(near Newlyn) welcoming the outstanding Florian String Quartet from
Manchester. One of the most interesting of the new generation of
chamber groups, the Florian Quartet is deeply committed to conveying the
intimate qualities of conversation and spontaneity within the quartet tradition
of Haydn and his followers, while also exploring the extremes of the repertoire
from consort music to the present day.
For Concerts Penzance the Florian Quartet perform Haydn’s uplifting String Quartet Op.20 No.2 and Dvorak endearingly popular
String Quartet op.96 “The American”
written in the months he later described as the happiest of his life. The quartet are also joined by viola
player Tim Boulton to perform Brahms’ magnificent String Quintet in G major
op.111.
The members of
the Florian Quartet (formerly
known as the Aomori Quartet) read music at the universities of Oxford, Leeds and
Birmingham before meeting as postgraduate students at the Royal Northern
College of Music, Manchester. The quartet continues to study with Prof.
Laurence Dreyfus in Oxford and members of the London Haydn Quartet, and are
regular participants in the public masterclasses at ChamberStudio, Kings Place,
London. They have also attended the
Britten-Pears International Academy of String Quartets at Aldeburgh studying
with the Kopelman Quartet, and the European Chamber Music Academy, and have
received valuable input from Christoph Richter, Susan Tomes and Tim Boulton.
The series of Concerts Penzance has become a highly valued highlight of
Penzance cultural life over the last 7 years, but due to the year-long closure
of St. John’s Hall for refurbishment the concert at Paul will be the only
performance this season.
Tickets cost £10 (under 19s
£2) and are available on the door or in advance from
Mounts Bay Wine, Bread
Street, Penzance 01736 364118.
