Musikč 2009.

International Concerts.

Musike 2009 concerts will be on August 26th & 29th. Repertoire from these concerts will be repeated, with additional pieces, at King's Place, London on September 4th & 5th. www.kingsplace.co.uk  Details of King's Place concerts at the foot of this page

Jean Bernard Pommier; Piano.

Olga Martinova; Violin.

Bruno Pasquier; Viola.

Boris Baraz; 'Cello

The Merchant String Quartet *

Programme

                                         Wednesday August 26th  2009

             Borodin      String Sextet in D minor 

             Mozart        Piano Quartet in Eb major K.493  

             Elgar           Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84  

                                           Saturday  August 29th  2009

             Schubert     Adagio in Eb “Notturno” D.897  

             Fauré          Piano Quartet 1 in C minor Op.15  

             Dvorak       Piano Quintet in A major Op.81     

Tickets and information: Tickets are now available.

All tickets £15 (£11 concessions)

Only from Durham Tourist Information Centre, Millennium Place. Tel. 0191-384-7641 E: touristinfo@durhamcity.gov.uk

W: www.durhamtourism.co.uk

Musikč acknowledges the generous support of Parabola Estates; University of Durham; Edison; City of Durham Economic Development Unit; Durham County Council; The Mayor's Office, Durham City Council; St. Chad’s College; Arche.

* The Merchant String Quartet

Formed in 2006 by members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra the Merchant Quartet has quickly acquired a reputation for innovative programming and spirited performances. The Quartet is ensemble in residence at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church where it performs several times a year, and has performed for music clubs and festivals across the country. Following their appearance at the Chichester Festivities in 2007 they were immediately re-inivited, and performed there again in 2008. Alongside more standard works their repertoire includes works by Berg, Bartok, Ligeti and Janacek. The Quartet has also commissioned a work from Julia Simpson.
 
The members of the Quartet have taken part in many education projects, giving concerts and offering coaching in schools across London, often as part of the BBC's 'Out and About' project. They have also performed at Kingston University and tutored the University's student ensembles.
 
The Quartet is occasionally joined by friends and colleagues to perform works for larger string ensemble, and most regularly by violist Norbert Blume, with whom they are performing all of Mozart's string quintets as part of their Bloomsbury residency.
 
Later this year the Quartet will be releasing its first recording, of quartets by Janacek, Ravel and Haydn.

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King's Place Festival, September 4th-6th, 2009.

Following the great success of the opening festival at King's Place in October 2008, a second festival will take place in September 2009. The event will follow the same innovatory format (100 diverse concerts in 3 days running from 0930 to midnight, all 45 minutes long, all tickets just £4.50 if booked online at www.kingsplace.co.uk )

Musikč's contributions will be on Friday 4th & Saturday 5th September. Oboe maestro Maurice Bourgue, a regular tutor at Durham who is unable to attend this year, will join 2009's Durham faculty in additional pieces as indicated below.

Friday, September 4th, 2009,

Borodin & Mozart, as Durham; 1430.

Poulenc, Britten &  Bruch, works for Piano, Oboe & Strings; 1545.

Schubert & Fauré, as Durham; 1700.

Saturday, September 5th, 2009.

Dvorak, as Durham; 0930.

Dorati & Strauss, works for Piano, Oboe & Strings; 1045.

Elgar, as Durham; 1200.

 

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