Sacconi Quartet perform Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' for the lunchtime concert series at The Assembly House in Norwich. Assembly House Classical presents The Sacconi Quartet. Once a month, in the Georgian Music Room at The Assembly House on Theatre Street – in the same room pianist Franz Liszt played in 1840 – lunchtime chamber concerts are hosted. The season is curated by Iain Lowery and supported by The Assembly House Trust. All hour-long concerts take place once a month on Thursdays and start at 1pm, tickets cost £20.
Programme
Roxanna Panufnik – Heartfelt (commissioned by Sacconi Quartet 2020)
Schubert – Quartet in D minor Death and the Maiden
Sacconi Quartet
“A quartet of genuine substance”
For over two decades, the Sacconi Quartet have been captivating audiences with their unanimous and compelling ensemble, consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach. Formed in 2001, the four founder members share an unwavering passion for the string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy and enthusiasm. The Sacconis enjoy a busy international career, and are Quartet in Association at the Royal College of Music and Quartet in Residence for the town of Folkestone. Unchanged since its inception, Sacconi is Britain’s longest-established string quartet.
The Sacconi’s prolific recording career covers a broad swathe of repertoire from Haydn to present day. Their latest album of Beethoven and Schubert reached the Classical Top Ten, as did their album of music by Jonathan Dove including In Damascus, commissioned by the quartet. Other releases of recent years include premiere recordings of works by Panufnik, Graham Fitkin and John McCabe, and the magnificent Taneyev Piano Quintet with Peter Donohoe.
For their twentieth anniversary, the Quartet commissioned their latest piece from Jonathan Dove, On the Streets and In the Sky, shortly to be released on Signum Records. Their film of Dove’s first quartet Out of Time was released on Amazon in 2021. They continue to give fully staged performances of Beethoven’s opus 131 quartet, entirely from memory, in collaboration with theatre director Tom Morris.
The Sacconi Quartet is Quartet in Residence for the town of Folkestone and its surrounding areas, enabling creative collaborations with local artists and projects, and an embedded outreach programme. Recent performances of Beethoven on the Beach and Glass on the Warren seafront have attracted large audiences, many of them experiencing the energy of chamber music for the very first time. Their Sacconi Chamber
Music Festival in Folkestone is firmly established among the UK’s major chamber music festivals and attracts audiences from far and near for its vibrant atmosphere and dynamic programming.
The Quartet is indebted to the Royal Society of Musicians and Ellen Solomon for the use of their instruments.
The Assembly House Trust is offering students in full-time education under the age of 25 FREE tickets to Thursday lunchtime Assembly House Classical concerts in 2024.
The free tickets, available to students in full-time education over the age of 11, can be applied for by contacting Assembly House Trust Events and Heritage Manager, Stacia Briggs on stacia@assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Initially, five tickets will be available per concert, per month, but the Trust is also open to suggestions from teachers or lecturers about offering more seats to students who wish to visit in a group of 10 or under, please contact us for further details.
To find out more about Assembly House classical and details of future performances, please visit www.assemblyhouseclassical.co.uk.