2009/10 54th Season
2010/11 55th Season
PLG
PARK LANE GROUP
creating opportunity for young musicians
PLG ANNIVERSARY SERIES 2009/10
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies : 75th Birthday
Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room / RFH Foyer : Friday 9, Saturday 10, Sunday 11 October 2009
THE 1st COMPLETE CYCLE OF THE 10 NAXOS STRING QUARTETS
FIVE EVENTS IN ONE WEEKEND
Performed by 10 string quartets and one horn quartet:
Maggini String Quartet (original performers of all 10 quartets)
and 10 ensembles closely linked with the PLG
Fanfare for Dennis Brain for horn quartet : Horns Aloud : Fri 9 Oct, 1.00
No. 2 : Idomeneo String Quartet : 9 Oct, 1.15
No. 4 : Harpham String Quartet : 9 Oct, 7.45 / No. 5 : Solstice String Quartet : 9 Oct, 7.45
No. 7 : Maggini String Quartet : 10 Oct, 3.15
No. 3 : Kreutzer String Quartet : 10 Oct, 6.30 / No. 6 : Vardanyan String Quartet : 10 Oct, 6.30
No. 8 : Wu String Quartet : 10 Oct, 5.30 / No. 9 : Tippett Quartet : 10 Oct, 5.30
No. 10 : Alea String Quartet : 11 Oct, 7.45 / No. 1 : Piatti String Quartet : 11 Oct, 7.45
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies : 75th Birthday
PLG Associate Event : Reduced price tickets for PLG Friends
Wigmore Hall : Tuesday 13 October, 7.30
Nash Ensemble
Purcell, Maxwell Davies, Schubert, Debussy, Maxwell Davies
Samuel Barber : 100th Anniversary
Wigmore Hall : Monday 15 March 2010 at 7.30
Clare Hammond solo piano
David Butt-
Solstice String Quartet
James Barralet cello / Hiroake Takenouchi piano
James Young / David Eaton piano 4 hands
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 6 (1932)
Dover Beach, Op. 3 for baritone and string quartet (1931)
Piano Sonata in Eb, Op. 26 (1949)
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Songs
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 (1936)
Souvenirs for piano 4 hands, Op. 28 (1949)
A centenary tribute to the great American composer.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle : 75th Birthday
PLG Associate Event : Reduced price tickets for PLG Friends
Wigmore Hall : Wednesday 24 March, 7.30
Nash Ensemble
Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Birtwistle