Saxon Shore Early Music Kenardington

“The Consone Quartet are a young string quartet with a really big future. They play with perfect intonation, tremendous attack, and impeccable historical style. All the four instruments work together with such intelligence and imagination, that I would happily listen to them every day”. Sir Roger Norrington.
The first period instrument string quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet are fast making a name for themselves with their honest and expressive interpretations of repertoire, notably from the classical and romantic eras. Awarded two prizes at the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, further accolades included the EUBO Development Trust Prize and a place on the EEEmerging Scheme in France. They went on to win the Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize, and in 2022 were awarded a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) fellowship. The quartet has been enthusiastically received at London’s major venues, as well as further afield in Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, and Slovenia. Festival invitations include Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Dartington, Two Moors, Buxton, MA Festival in Bruges, Heidelberger Streichquartettfest and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. In 2024 the quartet returns to the English Haydn Festival and the York Early Music Festival and are currently Artists-in-Residence at Paxton House (2023-2025) and at Saxon Shore Early MusicKenardington (2024-2027).

SSEMK’s patron, Linda Nicholson has championed historic keyboard practice since being inspired by her Royal College of Music tutor, Ruth Dyson, going on to win both the first two international competitions held for the fortepiano, the Concours International du Pianoforte in Paris, and the Festival of Flanders Competition in Bruges. Since then, she has gained an international reputation, performing in major festivals and concert series throughout Europe and the Far East. Linda will play a 1797 fortepiano by Anton Walter.

Saturday 18 May 2024 7.30pm
Consone Quartet
Linda Nicholson fortepiano
Mostly Mozart!

Mozart: Piano concerto in A major, KV414
Mozart: String Quartet in G major, KV387
Mozart Quintet for piano and winds, KV452, arr. Naumann

Church of St. Mary, Kenardington
Tickets: £32.50 £25.00 £17.50

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Venue

Church of St Mary
Church Lane
Kenardington
TN26 2NQ