Programme to include Monteverdi, Bruckner, Haydn and Brahms…

The quartet perform works from their acclaimed debut album, plus give the world premiere of a new work the group have commissioned from leading experimental cellist-composer Oliver Coates.

Ivor Novello-winning composer Hannah Peel, Kings Place Artist in Residence for Sound Unwrapped, presents a unique live version of Night Tracks, the award-winning BBC Radio 3 programme of which she is a presenter.

Featuring performances from her mentor, electronic pioneer and composer John Foxx, who will be playing a solo piano set, alongside artists including qanun player Maya Youssef, vocalist Hatis Noit, pianist/composer Shida Shahabi and the Ruisi Quartet, this promises to be a spell-binding, intimate evening of performance and conversation, offering a glimpse into Hannah’s sound world, and some of the music and musicians who inspire her.

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The Ruisi Quartet return to the concert stage for their first performance since the release of their critically-acclaimed debut album earlier this year, premiering a new programme that explores madrigals and motets both old and new in the stunning acoustic of the iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Monteverdi / Scodanibbio - Madrigals old & new
Bruckner - 2 Motets
Haydn - String quartet in C major 'Emperor'

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The Ruisi Quartet feature on a new album from celebrated soprano Mary Bevan, released on Signum records.

The Ruisi Quartet makes its recording debut on Pentatone with Big House, bringing together music by Matthew Locke, Joseph Haydn and Oliver Leith. Spanning nearly four centuries, this combination of composers establishes a harmonious as well as dissonant relationship between past, present and future.

Haydn - String Quartet in D minor Op.9 No.4
Locke - Fantasie in F
Leith - A different Fantastie from suite No.5 in G major *
Leith - The Big House*
Haydn - String Quartet in F minor Op.20 No.5

The Ruisi Quartet give the world premiere of a new work by Thomas Adès at the IMS Prussia Cove 50th anniversary celebrations.

Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960) - Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor Op. 1

Thomas Adès (b.1971) - Növények for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet (world première)

INTERVAL

György Kurtág (b.1926) - Circumdederunt… in memoriam Rita Wagner (world première)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - String Quintet in C D956

Programme tbc…

The Ruisi Quartet travel to Perugia, Italy, to perform at the Musica con Vista Festival.

Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op.76 No.5
Britten - String Quartet No.2

Bach - Art of Fugue selections
Haydn Op.20/1
Leith - A Different Fantasy (after Matthew Locke)
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Beethoven Op.132

Bach - Fugues and Chorales
Haydn - Op.20 No.1
Leith - A Different Fantasy (after Matthew Locke) *Ruisi quartet commission
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Beethoven - Op.132

The Ruisi Quartet have been invited to appear on a new album of French music for voice and strings from famed British soprano Mary Bevan.

“Praised by Opera for her “dramatic wit and vocal control”, British soprano Mary Bevan is internationally renowned in baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire, and appears regularly with leading conductors, orchestras and ensembles around the world. She is a winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist award and UK Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent in music and was awarded a MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list in 2019.”

Bach - Fugues and Chorales
Haydn - Op.20 No.1
Leith - A Different Fantasy (after Matthew Locke) *Ruisi quartet commission
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Beethoven - Op.132

The quartet return to Wigmore Hall for a recital of works taken from their forthcoming debut album, an innovative new record that showcases the exceptional musical quality and originality of this internationally recognised ensemble.

This lunchtime recital pairs their critically-acclaimed interpretation of early Haydn quartets with the world premiere of two brand new commissions from trailblazing British composer Oliver Leith, interspersed with a highly-original Fantasia by English baroque composer Matthew Locke.

Matthew Locke (c.1621-1677)

Fantasia in F

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

String Quartet in D minor Op. 9 No. 4

Oliver Leith (b.1990)

A Different fantasy (after Locke)
The Big House (World Premiere)

Purcell - 3 Fantasias
Stravinsky - 3 Pieces for String Quartet
Haydn - String Quartet in D minor, Op.9 No.4
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Beethoven - String Quartet in F major, Op.59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’

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Locke - Incidental Music from the Tempest (Curtain Tune)
Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte
Haydn - String Quartet in F Minor Op.20 No.5
Beethoven:  String Quartet No.1 in F Major Op.59 "Razumovsky"

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Beethoven: Innovator - a 250th celebration

Beethoven - String Quartets Op.59 no.1
Jonathan Dawe - World premiere, based on Beethoven's sketches for Op. 135
Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 135

Purcell - 3 Fantasias
Stravinsky - 3 Pieces for String Quartet
Haydn - String Quartet Op.33 No.3 ‘The Bird’
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Beethoven - String Quartet in F major, Op.59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’

Locke - Fantasia from Suite in F major
Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte
Haydn - String Quartet in F minor, Op.20 No.5
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Locke - Curtain Tune from The Tempest
Beethoven - String Quartet in F major, Op.135

HAYDN  String Quartet in D minor Op.9, No.4
CAROLINE SHAW  Entr’acte
BEETHOVEN  String Quartet in F Op.59, No.1 ‘Razumovsky’

“This second concert by the Ruisi Quartet demonstrates their commitment to playing an impressively broad range of repertoire, from the elegance of Haydn to exciting new music from Pulitzer-prize-winning American composer Caroline Shaw.”

HAYDN  String Quartet in F minor Op.20, No.5
LOCKE/LEITH  A Different Fantasie (world premiere)
BRAHMS  String Quartet in A minor Op.51, No.2

“The critically acclaimed Ruisi Quartet completes our journey through Brahms’ powerfully expressive quartet cycle. Inspired by the music of William Locke, they present the exciting world premiere of Oliver Leith’s (Royal Opera House composer-in-residence) latest work A Different Fantasie.”

Purcell Three Fantasias

Shostakovich Quartet No. 9 in E Flat Major, Op 117

Beethoven Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 No.1

Webern Langsammer Satz 

Caroline Shaw Entr'acte

Haydn Op.33 No.3 

Caroline Shaw Blueprint

Beethoven Op.74

Programme to include Haydn, Webern, Caroline Shaw and Beethoven

Beethoven String Quartet Op.59 no.1

Dawe String Quartet (new work – premiere)

Beethoven String Quartet Op.135

CANCELLED

Ruisi Quartet with Peter Donohoe

Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op.20 No.5  

Bartók String Quartet No.2, Op.17 

Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

CANCELLED

Purcell Three Fantasias

Haydn String Quartet in C major 'The Bird', Op.33 No.3 

Woolrich Scherzi di Fantasia for string quartet UK première 

Webern Langsamer Satz for string quartet 

Beethoven String Quartet in C major 'Razumovsky', Op.59 No.3 

Goethe in Lelystad

POSTPONED

Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op. 9 No. 4

Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op.13

Webern 'Langsamer Satz' in E flat Major

Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135