Verdi String Quartet
Verdi String Quartet
Rossini String Sonata No. 3 in C major
Rossini String Sonata No. 6 in D major
Verdi String Quartet in E minor
Carmine Lauri violin
Anna Kosinska violin
Jon Thorne viola
Peter Adams cello
Uxia Martinez Botana double bass
Verdi’s only score for instruments alone was written in a hotel room in Naples in 1873 and never intended for public consumption. The composer’s String Quartet has all the songful melodiousness, charming wit and fluent elegance of his operas – combined with the seriousness of a musician who knew his Haydn and Beethoven. At the other end of his life, the pre-teenage Rossini wrote a set of string sonatas that combine the youthful ardour of Mendelssohn with something altogether more saucy and Italian. Join our outstanding string players for this rare chance to hear intimate chamber music for strings by Italian composers famous for operas on a grand scale.
24 Feb 2024
Tickets: £30
(Students £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street
(Students £5)
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