Lucy Russell and Jonathan Sparey: violins
Alan George: viola
Heather Tuach: cello

Glazunov 2 Noveletten, Op.15
Schnittke Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky
David Blake Quartet No. 5 (World Première)
Barber Quartet Op. 11
Beethoven Quartet No.17, Op. 133 (Grosse Fuge)

David Blake's 5th String Quartet, specially commissioned to celebrate the Swaledale Festival's 30th Anniversary, will be heard here for the first time - in the village in which it was composed. The Fitzwilliams - perhaps the most admired of all the great British string quartets - will also play Samuel Barber's Quartet Op. 11 which contains his famously sublime Adagio, Schnittke's brilliant tribute to Stravinsky, and a late Beethoven masterpiece. A musical feast of the highest quality!

Concert length: approx 130 mins including an interval

Generously supported by Anne and Alan Maryon-Davis