String! A Celebration of the String Quartet
String! A Celebration of the String Quartet The brilliant Gildas Quartet is featured in STRING!, a fun family/schools concert celebrating the music of the string quartet. Made over March and April 2021 this relaxed performance for children aged 7 – 11 and their schools and families includes a diverse programme of repertoire from Haydn to Jessie Montgomery, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier to Saint-Georges to Caroline Shaw and everything in between! Guaranteed to open eyes and ears to the fabulous, joyful world of the String Quartet. Following R&D with support from Spitalfields Music this performance premiered at the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival on the 9th and 11th July 2021. Smoke (Break Away) – Jessie Montgomery Allegro con spirito (String Quartet Op. 76, No.1) – Franz Joseph Haydn Rondeau (Quatuor No. 5) – Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges Allegro molto (String Quartet No. 8) – Dmitri Shostakovich Waltz (3 Divertimenti) – Benjamin Britten Finale (String Quartet No.12 ‘American’) – Antonin Dvorak Excerpts from Entr’acte by Caroline Shaw
String! A Celebration of the String Quartet The brilliant Gildas Quartet is featured in STRING!, a fun family/schools concert celebrating the music of the string quartet. Made over March and April 2021 this relaxed performance for children aged 7 – 11 and their schools and families includes a diverse programme of repertoire from Haydn to Jessie Montgomery, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier to Saint-Georges to Caroline Shaw and everything in between! Guaranteed to open eyes and ears to the fabulous, joyful world of the String Quartet. Following R&D with support from Spitalfields Music this performance premiered at the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival on the 9th and 11th July 2021. Smoke (Break Away) – Jessie Montgomery Allegro con spirito (String Quartet Op. 76, No.1) – Franz Joseph Haydn Rondeau (Quatuor No. 5) – Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges Allegro molto (String Quartet No. 8) – Dmitri Shostakovich Waltz (3 Divertimenti) – Benjamin Britten Finale (String Quartet No.12 ‘American’) – Antonin Dvorak Excerpts from Entr’acte by Caroline Shaw