The name sacconi quartet comes from the outstanding twentiethcentury italian luthier and restorer simone sacconi, whose book the secrets of stradivari is considered an indispensable reference for violin makers. The quartet is recognised for its unanimous and compelling ensemble, performing with style and commitment and consistently communicating with. A short film by wash media of the sacconi quartet recorded live at limelight at the 100 club, london, at a concert on 22 february 2011. Members of sacconi strings slavishly positioned themselves over a series of days spread over four years. In addition to the standard string quartet repertoire of beethoven, mendelssohn, dvorak, and smetana, the sacconi quartet has recorded much contemporary music, including works by graham fitkin, john mccabe, and jonathan dove. Sacconi one last sunday afternoon to the dorking halls to hear the sacconi quartet give the first of their three concerts there. Formed in 2001, the quartet continues to demonstrate a shared passion for string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy and enthusiasm. Highlights from the ninth sacconi chamber music festival in folkestone from 2022 may 2016, which included the world premiere of jonathan doves in damascus for the sacconi quartet and tenor mark. The same competition that has been won by such quartets as takacs, auryn, hagen, ysaye, belcea, casals, etc.
Ben hancox plays a 1932 sacconi violin and robin ashwell a 1934 sacconi viola, both made in new york. Since its formation at the royal college of music in 2001, the sacconi quartet has established a secure and substantial reputation. The sacconi quartet played some devastating beethoven for. Sacconi on the bbc follow sacconi on spotify sacconi on youtube sacconi. Sacconi quartet are ben hancox, hannah dawson, robin ashwell and cara berridge a quartet of genuine substance the daily telegraph.
Jonathan doves out of time plays with musical time to create a work of pulsating energy. The quartet is named after a twentieth century violin maker and restorer, simone fernando sacconi and three of the musicians play original sacconi instruments. Formed in 2001, the four founder members continue to demonstrate a shared passion for string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences throughout the world with their energy and enthusiasm. String quartet new commission for the sacconi quartet. The worldrenowned sacconi quartet champions two of todays leading female composers, performing the world premiere of a new string quartet by judith bingham, alongside helen grimes string quartet from 2014. Browse sacconi products sacconi at musicians friend.
Spitfire sacconi strings quartet upgrade from sacconi. They round off their programme with rachmaninovs sensuous romance and schuberts dramatic and everpopular death and the maiden. In 2008, the quartet held the inaugural sacconi chamber music festival in folkestone, kent. This weekend 1921 may is the 10th annual sacconi chamber music festival in folkstone. The awardwinning sacconi quartet are recognised for their unanimous and compelling ensemble, consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach. Tickets are now available for sacconi quartet at little missenden church, bucks on sat 12 oct 2019 at 8. Performing with style and commitment, the quartet are known throughout the world for their creativity and integrity of interpretation. Your score in an instant, made in collaboration with composer samuel sim. Four years in the making, sacconi strings quartet gives you the finest tools for writing string quartet. Oliver shows us how to compose music for a string quartet. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now. When youve got a worldclass string quartet at your disposal, what better thing to do than walk in circles around them while they play one of the greatest string quartets ever written.
Sacconi quartets commitment is not just to their own experience of music but to bring this passion to new generations. The sacconi quartet has also been honoured at one of the most acclaimed string quartet competitions in the world. The sacconi quartet is renowned for its vigorous and individual approach to musicmaking. Recordings weve released on sacconi records can now be found on itunes and spotify. Today were taking a look into spitfire audio s latest orchestral strings product, which features one of the uks most sought after string quartets the sacconi quartet.
To celebrate the festival jason price has written about simone fernando sacconi and the three sacconi instruments in the quartet. Spitfire audio releases sacconi strings quartet the. A quartet which is now getting on for twenty years old and whom we last heard, at the same place, just about seven years ago. Jon boden, exfrontman of folkgiants bellowhead, joins with the sacconi quartet for a reprise of elvis costellos 1993 collaboration with the brodsky quartet. Performing with style and commitment, the sacconi quartet is known throughout the world for its creativity and integrity of interpretation. Sacconi quartet artist hyperion records cds, mp3 and. Sacconi quartet playing haydn, debussy and schubert sold. Formed in 2001, its four founder members continue to demonstrate a shared passion for string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy and enthusiasm. Listen to our tracks and rate them highly if you like.
Clip of the sacconi quartet playing beethoven 1 from the bbc programme howard goodalls the story of music with permission. Since their first appearance at the festival the sacconi quartet have spread their tentacles, garnering recordings aplenty amongst which feature jonathan dove with mark padmore, graham fitkin, and john mccabe with roderick williams, many bbc 3 broadcasts. The sacconi is quartet in association at the royal college of music. Sacconi quartet chamber music festival at folkestone events listing. The awardwinning sacconi quartet is recognised for its unanimous and compelling ensemble, consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach.
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Sacconi strings is a four year long project to create a definitive set of writingforquartet tools, a game changing set of solo strings recorded at wigmore hall and performed by one of the most talked about young quartets to be formed in london for many years. The sacconi s present this new work alongside his string quartet work, out of time, and his piano quintet, performed with pianist charles owen. Whilst building an enviable reputation and maintaining a program of live performances and recordings over the last 10 years, the foursome support a variety of educational opportunities and have run their sacconi festival in folkestone each year since 2005, as a realisation of. For more information on sacconi quartet sacconistringsquartet. In the making for about half a decade from conception to release, it seems that this sampling project is a matter close to the heart of christian henson and paul thompson, composers and lead developers behind spitfire. The name sacconi quartet comes from the outstanding twentiethcentury italian luthier and restorer simone sacconi. With the exception of servant, all of the pieces on the disc are premiere recordings.
The awardwinning sacconi quartet are recognised for their. The sacconi quartet beethoven 2 at the bristol proms. Featuring a performance by tenor mark padmore, the text is taken from prosepoems by ali safar that draw on his first hand experiences in syria, eloquently translated by annemarie mcmanus. Sacconi quartet at the wigmore hall sweet or fiery, the quartet played with warmth, although the boldest musical moves came from the evenings pianist, freddy kempf. The sacconi is quartet in association at the royal college of music and associate artist at the bristol old vic theatre. Sacconi strings quartet is a project that weve been working on for a long time, and something thats very close to our hearts, having worked with quartets many times especially at the beginning of our careers as composers, when the budget for players wasnt quite so large. The sacconi quartet played jonathan doves new setting of words by the syrian poet ali safar a profound. Sacconi quartet are ben hancox, hannah dawson, robin ashwell and cara berridge view the gallery. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. His two miniatures a small quartet and another small quartet are also included. Formed in 2001, its four founder members continue to demonstrate a shared passion for string quartet.
The sacconi quartet is a ukbased classical music string quartet founded in 2001 by four graduates of the royal college of music, london, uk. Sacconi quartet bio, albums, pictures naxos classical. This library deserves some serious consideration for both media and traditional composer seeking realism in their string quartet mockups. Sacconi quartet at little missenden church event tickets. The sacconi quartet has now been playing in its original line up for nearly two decades. The quartet have enjoyed a highly successful international career, performing regularly throughout europe, at londons major venues, in recordings and on radio broadcasts.