City: Hastings

MENDELSSOHN, MOZART & MORE

Consone Quartet

White Rock Studio, Hastings
Monday 30 September 2024, 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 – £20

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Musicians from the Consone Quartet with their instruments
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R SCHUMANN (extracts arr. Friedrich Hermann) Bilder aus Osten, Op.66 (8′)
HAYDN String Quartet in F sharp minor Op.50 No.4 (21’)
MENDELSSOHN Theme and Variations and Scherzo from Four Pieces Op.81 (10′)
MOZART String Quartet in D “Hoffmeister” (25’)

Former BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet’s musicians are captivating and virtuosic performers, whose concerts are marked by warmth, honesty and expressiveness. Here two of their favourite composers, Haydn and Mozart, sit alongside Romantic masterpieces that followed generations later.

 

PART OF THE CLASSICAL SERIES
presented by The Guildhall Trust and Music in the Round.

About the Artists

Consone Quartet

The first period instrument string quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet are fast making a name for themselves with their honest and expressive interpretations of classical and romantic repertoire. Music in the Round is delighted to welcome the Quartet to ‘the family’ as our Visiting Quartet. Supported by the Frost Trust, they will be visiting schools across the city, working with students at Sheffield Music Academy and performing at concerts promoted by us around the country.

Formed at the Royal College of Music in London, the Consone Quartet launched their professional career in 2015, shortly after which they were awarded two prizes at the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, including the EUBO Development Trust Prize and a place on the EEEmerging Scheme in France. They went on to win the 2016 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize, and in 2022 were awarded a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) fellowship. Read their full biography here.

MOZART MASTERPIECES FOR HORN & STRINGS

Ensemble 360

White Rock Studio, Hastings
Monday 12 May 2025, 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 – £20

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String quartet players of classical music group Ensemble 360, with their instruments
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MOZART Horn Quintet (16’)
MOZART String Quintet in G minor (35’)
MOZART Clarinet Quintet (31’)

Praised by The Guardian as “one of the most adaptable chamber groups in the country”, Ensemble 360 is renowned for its virtuoso performances, bold programming and engaging interpretations of music. Here they present three of Mozart’s best loved works, including the deeply expressive Horn Quintet which is playful, lyrical and gloriously optimistic and the string quintet which charts a journey from haunting melancholy to triumphant hope.

 

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About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

FANFARE! TRUMPET CLASSICS

Aaron Azunda Akugbo & Zeynep Özsuca

White Rock Studio, Hastings
Monday 3 February 2025, 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 – £20

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Aaron Akugbo, rising-star trumpet player
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HONEGGER Intrada (4’)
L BOULANGER Nocturne et Cortège (8’)
VIVALDI Agitata da due venti (6’)
BOZZA Aria (4’)
FRANÇAIX Sonatine (8’)
HUBEAU Sonata (15’)
PRICE The Glory of the Day was in Her Face (3’)
PRICE Song to the Dark Virgin (3’)
MAHLER Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (3’)
ROPARTZ Andante et Allegro (6’)  

Having made waves with recent performances at Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms, rising star trumpeter Aaron Akugbo comes to Hastings. Citing Louis Armstrong as his greatest musical influence, this charismatic performer presents an eclectic mix of works. This promises to be an evening of discovery and delight, with music spanning centuries and continents. Works from familiar names such as Vivaldi and Mahler sit alongside new treats to discover from Florence Price and Eugene Bozza.

 

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HAYDN, BARTÓK & RAVEL STRING QUARTETS

Marmen Quartet

White Rock Studio, Hastings
Monday 25 November 2024, 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 – £20

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HAYDN String Quartet in E flat ‘The Joke’ Hob.III:38 (18’)
BARTÓK String Quartet No.3 (15’)
RAVEL String Quartet (29’) 

The Marmen Quartet has won a glittering array of international prizes; its musicians are rigorous and deeply humane performers. Charting hundreds of years of string writing, their concert begins with Haydn’s witty quartet, and is followed by the thrilling and spiky third quartet by the Hungarian composer Bela Bartók. Culminating in a shimmering, deeply romantic work by Ravel, this concert promises a spectacular sweep through the heart of chamber music.

 

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About the Artists

Marmen Quartet

From 2015-2018, the Marmen Quartet was the first ensemble to participate in Music in the Round’s Bridge scheme to support promising young musicians at the start of their professional career. Bridge provided the quartet with performance opportunities, mentoring, guidance and advice on developing and succeeding in the world of professional music-making. This included mentoring by the late, world-renowned leader of The Lindsay String Quartet and founder of Music in the Round, Peter Cropper.

Formed in 2013 at the Royal College of Music, the Marmen Quartet were holders of the Guildhall School of Music String Quartet Fellowship (2018-2020) and studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover with Oliver Wille as well as in London with Simon Rowland-Jones and John Myerscough (Doric Quartet). They were mentored by the late Peter Cropper and have received support from the Musicians Company/Concordia Foundation, the Hattori Foundation, Help Musicians and the Royal Philharmonic Society (Albert and Eugenie Frost Prize).

With a growing reputation for the courage, vitality and intensity of its performances the Marmen Quartet is fast establishing itself as one of the most impressive and engaging new talents in the chamber music arena. 2019 marked a year of significant achievement for the Quartet, with First Prizes at both the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Banff International String Quartet Competition, where they were also awarded the Haydn and Canadian Commission prizes. Other accolades include first prize at the Royal Overseas League Competition (2018) and awards at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition…The Marmen Quartet has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Boulez Saal, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Stockholm Konserthuset, Milton Court (Barbican), Palladium Malmö and Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. The Quartet performs regularly across Sweden and 2020 saw its first complete cycle of Beethoven String Quartets for Musik I Syd. Festival engagements have taken the Quartet to the Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale, BBC Proms, Hitzacker, Lockenhaus, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, and the Barcelona and Gulbenkian Foundation String Quartet Biennale Festivals.

In the US, 2022 saw the Quartet takes up its position as Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University in partnership with the Banff International String Quartet Competition; a relationship that sees the Quartet work closely with the University’s students as well as giving performances and developing new projects across its residencies. The Quartet returns three times to the University in the 22/23 season, with other North American highlights including performances in Calgary and Vancouver.

Another highlight of the 22/23 season will see the Marmen Quartet taking part in the Australian National Academy of Music’s Quartetthaus project, hosted in London by the Royal Albert Hall. A showcase of both musical and architectural talent, the Quartetthaus programme features works by both Australian and British artists including a new piece by Hannah Kendall commissioned for the Marmen Quartet by ANAM. Other UK highlights include a return to Wigmore Hall, as well as performances in Cambridge, Manchester, Belfast and Sheffield. In Europe, recital engagements take the Quartet to Bremen, Munich and Bern as well seeing them take part in the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival and undertaking an extensive tour of Ireland for the National String Quartet Foundation. Elsewhere, the Quartet makes its debut in Israel with a tour including performances in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.