Schedule

Sunday 3rd-Monday 4th April

The Preliminary Rounds of the National Youth String Quartet Competition, held in conjunction with Pro Corda, during which the selected quartets will compete for places in the Final.
Leiston Abbey, Suffolk

Wednesday 6th April

11.30am-3.30pm: Adventures in Music - Family Day
Join us for a fun day of musical activities, workshops and performances, aimed at children of all ages and their parents. Lunch Box performances by the Stanford Quartet at 12.15pm and 1.15pm.
Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN
Admission free

7.30pm: National Youth String Quartet Competition Final
In the culmination of the Competition, the finalists compete for the first prize, following the Preliminary Rounds on April 3rd-4th. The Jury for the Competition is the Wihan Quartet. There will be further opportunities to hear the finalists in free Lunchtime Concerts and Masterclasses on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th April.
Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, EC2
Admission free

Thursday 7th April

10am-12.15pm and 2.30-4.45pm:
Masterclasses
Youth Competition finalists and quartets from schools and colleges around the UK take part in Masterclasses led by Mark Messenger, Head of Strings at the Royal College of Music, Christopher Rowland, Director of Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music and David Dolan, chamber music guru.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, EC2
Audience places free but limited, must be booked in advance on info@playquartet.com

Lunchtime Concerts
given by Youth Competition finalists at
1.00pm: St Michael’s Church, Cornhill, London EC3
Admission free
and
1.10pm: St Anne & St Agnes’ Church, Gresham Street, London EC2
Admission free
Programmes will include Haydn plus Beethoven, Britten or Shostakovich.

5.00pm: Chamber Music Workshop:
Classical Improvisation with a String Quartet
David Dolan leads this innovative workshop exploring the possibilities of chamber music playing, with a young string quartet from one of London’s conservatoires.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Silk Street, EC2
Admission free

7.00: Wihan Quartet 20th Anniversary Concert
Janacek String Quartet No 2, ‘Intimate Letters’
Beethoven String Quartet No 7 in F major Op 59 No 1, ‘Razumovsky’
The Wihan Quartet from Czechoslovakia won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Fifth London International String Quartet Competition in 1991. Since 1991 they have achieved an enviable reputation for their outstanding performances in concert and on CD and for their inspirational coaching of young quartets. Tonight they celebrate the 20 years since their formation as a quartet with a performance of the two great classics they played to win the 1991 Competition in London.
St Giles’ Church Cripplegate, Fore Street, London EC2
Admission: £10 donation including programme available from info@playquartet.com, 01708 761423 and on the door

Friday 8th April

10am-12.15pm: Masterclasses
Youth Competition finalists and quartets from schools and colleges around the UK take part in Masterclasses led by Mark Messenger, Head of Strings at the Royal College of Music and Christopher Rowland, Director of Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Silk Street, EC2
Audience places free but limited, must be booked in advance on info@playquartet.com

1.15pm: Lunchtime Concert
given by Youth Competition finalist at
St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London EC4
Admission free
Programme will include Haydn plus Beethoven, Britten or Shostakovich.

Contact us: info@playquartet.com