A Celebration of the String Quartet
The brilliant Gildas Quartet is featured in STRING! a fun family/schools concert celebrating the music of the string quartet. Made over March and April 2021 this relaxed performance for children aged 7 – 11 and their schools and families includes a diverse programme of repertoire from Haydn to Jessie Montgomery, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier to Saint-Georges to Dvorak and everything in between! Guaranteed to open eyes and ears to the fabulous, joyful world of the String Quartet.
Following R&D with support from Spitalfields Music this performance premiered at the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival on the 9th and 11th July 2021, before touring across the UK in 2023/24.
String! was the first UK production shortlisted in the Best Schools Concert category of the prestigious international YAMAwards 2022.
Featuring:
- Smoke (Break Away) – Jessie Montgomery
- Allegro con spirito (String Quartet Op. 76, No.1) – Franz Joseph Haydn
- Rondeau (Quatuor No. 5) – Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Allegro molto (String Quartet No. 8) – Dmitri Shostakovich
- Waltz (3 Divertimenti) – Benjamin Britten
- Finale (String Quartet No.12 ‘American’) – Antonin Dvorak
2023 Creative Team
Director (remount): Ria Ashcroft
Designer: Helen Fownes-Davies
Producer/Company Stage Manager: Olivia Watson
Design Assistant: Ivy Richards
2021 Creative Team
Director: Martin Berry
Creative Associate: Sam Glazer (Spitalfields Music)
Creative Associate: Hannah Stone
Designer: Helen Fownes-Davies
Creative Producer: Liz Muge
Production Assistant: Miranda Harrington
Nottingham Chamber Music Festival Producer: Carmen Flores
For String! the Gildas String Quartet are:
Violin 1: Hatty Haynes (2021), Flora Curzon (2023/4)
Violin 2: Gemma Sharples
Viola: Fran Gilbert
Cello: Anna Menzies
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