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Brodsky Quartet & Sir Willard White
Krysia Osostowicz, Violin
Ian Belton, Violin
Paul Cassidy, Viola
Jacqueline Thomas, Cello
Copland | Hoedown
Gershwin | Porgy and Bess (excerpts)
Trad. | The Ash Grove; The Foggy Dew
Massenet | Elegy
Barber | Dover Beach
Britten | Poeme
Copland | Long Time Ago; The Dodger
Jenkins/Mercer | P.S.I Love You
Porter | Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Kern | They Didn't Believe Me
Hoffman/Lampl/Livingstone | Close To You
Lord Burgess | Jamaica Farewell
Anka/Revaux/Thibault/Francois | My Way
In 50 years, the Brodsky Quartet have given over 3000 concerts and released over 60 recordings, and their natural curiosity and insatiable desire to explore different artistic directions is as sharp as ever.
Sir Willard White
Tonight the quartet join forces with Jamaican-born bass, Sir Willard White, in an homage to the musical relationship and personal friendship between Frank Sinatra and the Hollywood String Quartet which led to their 1957 album Close To You.
Pre-concert talk - 6.30pm - FREE to ticket holders
50 YEARS OF THE BRODSKY QUARTET!
Paul Cassidy & Jacqueline Thomas present an insight into their books, a trilogy of hugely entertaining memoirs, recounting the fascinating fifty-year history of the Brodsky Quartet,
"I'm not sure someone who plays the cello so beautifully should also be able to write so well. It just seems unfair."
Andrew Ford, Composer, writer, Broadcaster ABC
"A wildly funny, searingly honest, beautifully told memoir."
Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Broadcaster BBC, writer, curator.
Readers' comments on "Get Beethoven!":
Candid, funny, inspiring... A brilliant read, had me in stitches.
I was in tears one minute and laughing out loud the next.
COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!! It's like a juicier, more complex Billy Elliot!
Just buy it and thank me later.
(PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED PRE-CONCERT TALK)
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