royal greenwich string quartet classical pop music … glass’s ‘mishima’ quartet, made famous...

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directionsBy Docklands Light Railway (DLR) & London Underground (Tube)Alight at Cutty Sark Station. Old Royal Naval College is only a short 5 minute walk away. St Alfege Church is also located only a few minutes' walk away.

By BusBus routes 177, 180, 188, 199, 286 and 386 all bring you to the heart of Greenwich.

Internationally renowned string quartets Music from the 18th to the 21st CenturyIconic film music performed live in historic and beautiful surroundingsConcerts, films, competitions, masterclasses, talks – all open to the publicUK and world premières

Following the success of Trinity Laban’s three previous festivals devoted to the string quartet, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, will once again resonate to the sounds of string quartets (often paired with other instruments) as the Royal Greenwich String Quartet Festival returns for this major celebration of the genre and of our Conservatoire’s own chamber music programme.

Concerts cover the evolution of the string quartet from Boccherini, through the genius of Beethoven, to Dvořák, Debussy, Schubert, Shostakovich, Janáček, Philip Glass and beyond, including a ground-breaking investigation of the close relationship that has evolved, almost unnoticed, between the string quartet and film, in a theme recurring in many different guises throughout the festival. A focal point of the weekend will be the showing of the classic 1922 vampire movie Nosferatu, featuring a score composed and performed live by Quatuor Prima Vista from France. Come and hear Boccherini’s famous string quintet in E made famous in the Ealing Studio Film, The Lady Killers, and bring your children to burst with laughter at the first UK showing of a hilarious film of sketches by the

world famous MozART Group, including the Dental Ave Maria, Gypsum Kings (a quartet of four players with broken limbs) and Classical Pop Music, featuring a remarkably athletic and true-to-life performance by the quartet’s second violinist as Michael Jackson – as you’ve never quite seen him before.

Two days buzzing with students from all UK conservatoires attending a feast of concerts, masterclasses, competitions and talks, mixing music-lovers and some of the greatest professionals with a lot of kids having loads of musical fun…

Many events are free, all ticket prices very reasonable, special discount rates apply. All this, and a royal palace, just for your pleasure!

David Kenedy Artistic Director & String Chamber Music Coordinator, Trinity Laban

Nic Pendlebury Head of Strings, Trinity Laban

Martin Lovett OBE and Gábor Takács-Nagy Festival Patrons

By TrainGreenwich station is only a 10 min walk away, with frequent trains from London Bridge, Charing Cross and Waterloo East. On arrival at the station, turn left on the road towards town.

By RiverGreenwich Pier is sited at the western corner of the ORNC site and is just four miles downstream from Tower Bridge. Regular riverboat services are available to Greenwich from Westminster, Embankment, London Bridge, Bankside and Tower Piers. Thames Clippers run an express service (with discounted tickets for travelcard holders), which runs every 20 minutes, and City Cruises run a service with commentary, see thamesclippers.com and citycruises.com

By CarGreenwich can be accessed via the M25, A2, A20 and the South Circular (A250). Parking is not permitted within the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, and parking is very limited in Greenwich, particularly at weekends. Car parks are sited in Park Row (SE10 9NL) and Cutty Sark Gardens.

FACULTY OF MUSIC, king charles court, old royal naval college, greenwich, london se10 9JFtel: +44 (0)20 8305 4444 | FaX: +44 (0)20 8305 9444 | TrInITYLAbAn.AC.UkTrinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Company No: 51090. Registered Charity No: 309998. Photography: Ludovic des Cognets, Andy Holdsworth, James Keates, Libor Makrlík. All information is correct at the time of going to press. We reserve the right to change programmes and/or artists without notice as necessary.

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14.30 – 15.30h

TrInITY LAbAn STrIng enSeMbLe WITH PUrCeLL SCHOOLString Ensemble joins forces with two Quartets from the Purcell School

Programme to include the first movements from the Debussy and Brahms 2nd string quartets plus String Ensemble transcriptions of Aaron J Kernis’ sublime Musica Celestis, and Janáček’s Kreutzer Sonata, featuring the combined forces of the Trinity Laban String Ensemble and Purcell School Quartets.

sT alfeGe church admission free but ticketed

16.00 – 16.50h

MozArT grOUP FAMILY FILM SCreenIng

A unique film screening for all the family, in which the music and not the words becomes the source of joy and laughter. Prepare to be amazed and moved to tears (of mirth) by the originality, musical and non-musical skill and the astonishing inventiveness shown in this series of comic sketches by the MozART group, for whom nothing in classical music is sacred, and yet in which the music seems to emerge as all the more precious and beautiful.

String quartets will never seem the same after you have seen the Dental Ave Maria, the MozART group’s version of Titanic, Eine Kleine World Music and Gypsum Kings.

u | 45 Min aPProX lecTure TheaTre, naTional MariTiMe MuseuM admission free but ticketed

Fri 24 aPr sat 25 aPr09.45 –12.45h

TALk AnD WOrkSHOP: QUATUOr PrIMA VISTAQuatuor Prima Vista from Clermont-Ferrand in France open this year’s festival with a workshop for Trinity Laban quartets, which will include performances of pieces developed during Trinity Laban’s CoLab module in February.

TheaTre sTuDio, KinG charles courT admission free but ticketed

13.05–14.00h

benYOUneS AnD PIATTI QUArTeTSThe Richard Carne Junior Fellows 'Quartet Plus' concert

Trinity Laban’s current Richard Carne Junior Fellows join forces with the Benyounes Quartet, Junior Fellows from 2011–13, to perform Mendelssohn’s Octet.

Continuing the film music strand running through this year’s festival, the Benyounes Quartet will also perform Gershwin’s An American in Paris and the Piatti Quartet will play Hermann’s Psycho Suite, arranged for string quartet by Richard Birchall.

The chaPel, olD royal naval colleGe admission free

10.00– 13.00h

WIHAn QUArTeT MASTerCLASSThe Wihan Quartet, Quartet in Residence at Trinity Laban, works with students in this public masterclass.

sTuarT rooM, KinG charles courT admission free but ticketed

11.00–13.00h & 14.30 – 16.30h

rICHArD CArne InTerCOLLegIATe STrIng QUArTeT COMPeTITIOnThe string quartet “champions” from each of the UK Conservatoires compete for this year’s intercollegiate string quartet prize. Participants must perform at least one movement from a Classical work, a contrasting piece and a new set work written by a Trinity Laban composition student, selected by prior competition. Trinity Laban gratefully acknowledges the support of The Richard Carne Trust.

TheaTre sTuDio, KinG charles courTadmission free but ticketed

13.30–14.00h

MUSIC FOr SILenT MOVIeSTransform Programme

Join young string players from our Transform and Junior Trinity programmes as they perform their own newly created music for silent movies. Under the direction of staff and students from Trinity Laban, the musicians have worked together over 6 weeks exploring silent movies and the techniques required for creating accompanying scores.

KinG williaM lecTure TheaTre, KinG williaM courT, olD royal naval colleGe admission free but ticketed

17.00 – 19.15h

TALk AnD SILenT FILM SCreenIng: nOSFerATU with live accompaniment by Quatuor Prima Vista

Join us for a screening of the legendary silent film Nosferatu, featuring live musical accompaniment from Quatuor Prima Vista. Prima Vista has established an international reputation for its accompaniment of silent films, with original film scores composed by violist Baudime Jam. The screening of this vampire classic from 1922 promises to be one of the highlights of the festival.

Preceding the screening, Baudime Jam will give a 30 minute talk entitled Making Music for Silent Movies.

PG | 94 Min aPProX KinG williaM lecTure TheaTre, KinG williaM courT, olD royal naval colleGe £10, £5 concessions

17.15 – 18.15h

WIgMOre HALL PrIzeWInnerSPrizewinners from the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition perform at the Festival in this early evening recital. The performers will be announced at the beginning of April, following the competition final.

PeacocK rooM, KinG charles courT admission free but ticketed (retiring donation)

19.45h

WIHAn QUArTeT ‘PLUS’ COnCerTwith cellist Olesya Sablina

Boccherini String Quintet No 5 in E major, Op 11 (G 275)

Beethoven String Quartet in B flat major Op 18 No 6

Dvořák Quartet No 10 in E flat major Op 51 ‘Slavonic’

Trinity Laban’s Quartet in Residence, the Wihan Quartet, ‘one of the best quartets in the world today’ (International Record Review), performs Dvořák’s folk-tune infused ‘Slavonic’ quartet, Boccherini’s Quintet No 5, made famous in the 1955 film The Ladykillers, and Beethoven’s exuberant Quartet Op 18, No 6.

The chaPel, olD royal naval colleGe £10, £5 concessions

20.15h

CArDUCCI QUArTeT ‘PLUS’ COnCerTwith guitarist Stefan Melovski

Philip Glass Quartet No 3 ‘Mishima’

Boccherini Guitar Quintet in D major, G 448 ‘Fandango’

Shostakovich Quartet No 9 in E flat major

The Carducci Quartet makes a welcome return to the festival, performing Boccherini’s Fandango Guitar Quintet, Shostakovich’s 9th Quartet and Philip Glass’s ‘Mishima’ Quartet, made famous as the soundtrack of the 1985 film based on the life and work of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

The chaPel, olD royal naval colleGe £10, £5 concessions