Amy Bryce: Mimic
Nadia Boulanger, arr. Amy Tress: Three Pieces for cello and piano, arranged for string quartet
Claude Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, op. 10
BBN: 'Life Episodes' - Edmund Finnis, Bartók and Beethoven
Concert with student/staff performances
This concert, from the University of Liverpool's Ensemble-in-Residence, brings together a well-loved quartet, Felix Mendelssohn's joyous op 44 no. 3, with lesser-known and newly arranged works. Lili Boulanger's Nocturne (originally for violin and piano and arranged by the Solem Quartet's second violin, William Newell) is beautifully expressive and rich in colour; while Henriëtte Bosmans' String Quartet of 1927 has a fleeting, impressionistic quality.
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 5 in E flat major, op. 44, no. 3
Lili Boulanger, arr. William Newell: Nocturne
Henriëtte Bosmans: String Quartet
Beethoven Bartók Now: Experiments
…and Stories
Bela Bartók: Duos (selection) for 2 violins
Bela Bartók: Quartet no. 3, BB 93
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, op. 133, Grosse Fugue
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Island Suite
The celebrated songwriter, composer, pianist and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson joins the acclaimed Solem Quartet for this thought provoking, high-energy, and cathartic presentation of music and readings, all of which combine to inform the present.
Laced together via the words of the archetypal experimenters, Bartók and Beethoven, in which they describe the thinking behind their respective ground breaking masterpieces, the Solem Quartet perform Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue and Bartók’s Third Quartet before being joined by Ayanna Witter-Johnson to perform her specially composed ‘Island Suite’.
In the Grosse Fugue, Beethoven pushed boundaries creating ‘music that will be contemporary forever’ according to Stravinsky, while Bartók’s Third Quartet sees the composer finding his true voice, channelling the Eastern-European folk music he so loved. Ayanna’s piece is a musical and narrative journey which takes inspiration from Jamaican folk song to create a work that defies genre, and tells the story of Ayanna Witter-Johnson’s ancestry.
Premiere of Beethoven Bartók Now: Pioneers
Beethoven Bartók Now, is an ambitious series bringing together the late quartets of Beethoven and the quartets of Bartók, uniquely reimagined with music from composers of today.
In a one-hour playlist-form concert, ‘BBN: Pioneers’ features Bartók’s achingly beautiful 1st Quartet, Beethoven’s most exploratory and inventive work in the genre, opus 131, and a new work by David John Roche: “a wild, blistering experience - bold, exciting, relentlessly powerful music!". Preceded by a 20-minute “Unpacking BBN live” presentation.
Bartók String Quartet no. 1, BB 52
Beethoven Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 131
Roche A Prayer at the Edge of Silence
The Department of Music presents more composition and performance highlights from the year including collaborations with Ensemble-in-Residence, the Solem Quartet, and Honorary Visiting Scholar Shu Xue (yangqin).
J. S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052
Yang sound sound slow
Mozart Piano Concerto in E flat K449 (piano quintet version)
Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the Tung Auditorium.
Private event.
Solem Quartet and Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Simpson Darkness Moves
Compton-Stewart Duality of Gesture (student piece)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
