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From Thursday 14 July – Sunday 24 July 2022 our third festival where we welcome four fabulous string players to our corner of South Devon to live with us and play some of the most exciting music ever written over the course of FIVE concerts, plus two Hausmusiks where the audience chooses, and the musicians sight-read the music without any rehearsal (this informal format has its own particular energy, and is great to be part of). Then there’s open rehearsals, discussion, a lecture and the première of a new movement in Tom Vignieri’s American Suite to go with the two he wrote for our first two festivals in 2019 and 2021.
Here’s the schedule – tickets will be available very soon. See below for more about the music, and the musicians.
| Thu, 14 Jul 2022 | Hausmusik #1 | The musicians have just met, now they’re sight-reading in public… | Bigadon Cottage | 8pm |
| Sat, 16 Jul 2022 | Concert #1 | Webern, Prokofiev, Vasconcellos Correa, Pärt, Mozart | Arts Centre | 7.30pm |
| Sun, 17 Jul 2022 | Open Rehearsal | All welcome to watch the musicians get to work putting this music together. | Arts Centre | 10am – 1pm |
| Sun, 17 Jul 2022 | Panel Discussion | Guest Host: Richard Gonski | Arts Centre | 4pm – 5.30pm |
| Mon, 18 Jul 2022 | Open Rehearsal | This is primarily for the students. We’re waiting to here whether all are welcome to come along. | South Dartmoor Community College (public admission tbc) | 10am – 1pm |
| Tue, 19 Jul 2022 | Open Rehearsal | There’s coffee, cakes and breakfast on offer up the road in Dartington, while the musicians rehearse together. | Green Table, Dartington | 10am – 1pm |
| Tue, 19 Jul 2022 | Family Concert | Relaxed, informal, short pieces | Arts Centre | 6pm |
| Wed, 20 Jul 2022 | Open Rehearsal | With the composer-in-residence, Tom Vignieri | Arts Centre | 10am – 1pm |
| Wed, 20 Jul 2022 | Lecture: Tom Vignieri | On all the music in the festival | Arts Centre | 6pm |
| Wed, 20 Jul 2022 | Hausmusik #2 | A short walk up the road to one of the town houses on the main road through town. | 25 East St, Ashburton | 8pm |
| Thu, 21 Jul 2022 | Concert #2 | Dutilleux, Jacob, Kurtag, Panufnik, Shostakovich | Broadhempston Church | 7.30pm |
| Fri, 22 Jul 2022 | Concert #3 | Webern, Shostakovich, Kurtag, Mozart | Bremridge | 7.30pm |
| Sat, 23 Jul 2022 | Concert #4 | Mozart, Vignieri (including world première), Brahms | St Andrew’s Church | 7.30pm |
| Sun, 24 Jul 2022 | Concert #5 | Highlights from the Festival | Arts Centre | tbc |
The Music
These are the pieces that will make up each of the five concerts.
Webern: Langsamersatz for string quartet
Dutilleux: sonata for solo cello
Gordon Jacob: Four Fancies for flute and string trio
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K 465 “Dissonance”
Kurtag: 12 Microludes for string quartet, Op. 13
Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor, Op.51, No.2
Vignieri: Suite Americana for saxophone and string quartet
Sergio O. de Vasconcellos Correa: Divertimento a Dois for flute and cello
Mozart: Flute Quartet in A Major, K.298
Arvo Pärt: Psalom for string quartet
Andrzej Panufnik: Hommage a Chopin for flute and string quartet
Prokofiev: Sonata for solo violin in D Major, Op. 115
The Musicians
Amarins Wierdsma, violin (Holland)
Sara Trickey, violin (UK)
David Yang, viola (USA)
Bertrand Reynaud, cello (France)
Judith Hall, flute (UK)
Andy Williamson, Saxophone (UK)
Tom Vignieri, Composer-in-Residence (USA)
The Venues
| Ashburton Arts Centre | 15 West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT |
| Broadhempston Church | Broadhempston, TQ9 6BN |
| St Andrew’s Church | West St, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT |
| Bremridge | TQ13 7JX On road from Ashburton to Denbury |
| Bigadon Cottage | Nr Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0ND (follow signs to Pennywell Farm) |
| 25 East St, Ashburton | 25 East St, Ashburton, TQ13 7AQ |
| South Dartmoor Community College | Balland Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7EW |
| Green Table, Dartington | Dartington Hall, TQ9 6EE |