2015 Annual Jacqueline du Pré Charity Concert

Bridge, Frank (1879-1941) Novelletten for String Quartet
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1941) String Quartet in F Major
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) String Quintet in C Major, D.956
Works by Maxwell Davies, Peter (b. 1934)
Works by Saxton, Robert
Works by Young, Toby


Two of Britain’s finest award-winning string quartets The Sacconi and The Navarra, are joined at the magnificent Wigmore Hall by top British cellist, Guy Johnston in a programme of contrasts – the brilliant textures and vibrant colours of Bridge and Ravel and the titanic Classical quintet by Schubert.

This concert supports Britain’s oldest musical charity, The Royal Society of Musicians (Reg. Charity 208879). Three short marches (for 03 March) have been composed especially for the concert in a tradition of musical celebration that stretches back through the Society’s history to the eighteenth century.

This will be the 20th Annual Jacqueline du Pré Charity Concert at the Wigmore Hall, poignantly being performed in what would have been the cellist's 70th birthday year.