Ludwig van Beethoven - F Minor Quartet Op 95
Franz Schubert - G Major Quartet D 887
David Matthews - After Sunrise Op 82a *
Martin Ellerby - Epitaph XIX: Sentinel *(Bethnal Green)
*world premieres
Kreutzer Quartet
Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde
Linda Merrick - Clarinet
This concert is inspired by its setting. Sir John Soane built the church in 1826, the year Franz Schubert composed his equally radical final String Quartet. Their revolutionary energy burns through Beethoven's 1810 'Serioso' Quartet.
The Kreutzers bring two of their treasured collaborating composers to Bethnal Green. East London -born David Matthews has written them dozens of works. His quintet 'After Sunrise' is inspired by the work of visionary artist Cecil Collins.
Martin Ellerby has long history working with the Kreutzers and Linda Merrick. His 'Sentinel' is subtitled ‘Remember…’. This contemplative work responds to the events of 3rd March 1943, on the steps of the adjacent Underground Station. The piece counterpoints the 'Stairway to Heaven Memorial' by Harry Paticas,for Arboreal Architecture, which floats over the site of the tragedy.
Photos PSS: 'Stairway to Heaven' Memorial & St John on Bethnal Green
730pm Friday October 31st
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Road
E2 9PA
Admission: £20
(£10 Concessions)
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or on the door
Below - The composer's hands. Martin Ellerby discusses our new collaboration, on a work rooted in Whitechapel.
