30 October 2021
Concert Programme
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847: String quartet No.1 in E flat major Op.12
Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013): Piano quintet No.2
Interval
Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Piano quintet in E flat major Op.44
Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013): Piano quintet No.2
Interval
Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Piano quintet in E flat major Op.44
About The Tippett Quartet
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The Tippett Quartet regularly appear at Kings Place, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall and frequently perform on BBC Radio 3.
They have performed at the BBC Proms and toured Europe, Canada and Mexico. Their broad and diverse repertoire highlights the Tippett Quartet’s unique versatility |
Alongside their busy performing and recording schedule, the Tippett Quartet pursues a keen interest in educational work with both schools and universities and was Ensemble in Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University for 2012-13. They are resident at Royal Holloway University, London and St. Edmunds’ School, Canterbury and they regularly visit the Royal Academy of Music. The Tippett Quartet worked on a groundbreaking reimagining of Beethoven’s Op.135 with composer/ soundscape artist Matthew Herbert for a BBC Radio 3 broadcast, which was also used as the BBC TV ident. They have also collaborated with Damian Montagu and Hugh Bonneville for a Decca CD release and live performance of “In a South Downs Way” In 2011 they celebrated the anniversary of the iconic film composer Bernard Herrmann with a series of concerts and radio broadcasts. The Tippett Quartet also enjoys recording and touring with some of the UK’s finest Jazz musicians with their ‘Close To You’ project – a tribute to the album that Frank Sinatra made with the Hollywood String Quartet.
About Emma Abbate
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The Neapolitan pianist Emma Abbate enjoys a demanding career as a piano accompanist and chamber musician. Described as “an amazingly talented pianist” by the leading Italian magazine Musica, she has performed in duo recitals for international festivals and concert societies in Salzburg, Lisbon, Naples, Ischia, and Koscierzyna, and at many prestigious UK venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House, St John’s Smith Square, St George’s, Bristol and at the Aldeburgh Festival, in addition to broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.
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Emma is releasing a series of recordings devoted to 20th-century Italian vocal chamber music, the latest of which is Sera d’inverno: Songs by Ildebrando Pizzetti with mezzo-soprano Hanna Hipp for Resonus Classics. The disc has been highly praised by the Gramophone and was “Editor’s Choice” in the June issue of the leading Australian magazine Limelight. A keen advocate of contemporary music, she has also recently released two discs devoted to works by Stephen Dodgson for Toccata Classics: world-première recordings of his cello and piano music with Evva Mizerska, and his piano quintets with the Tippett Quartet. The latter disc was named a Musicweb International Recording Of The Year 2017.
Based in London, Emma is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and a staff coach at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She has been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of her ‘significant contribution’ thus far to the music profession.
Based in London, Emma is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and a staff coach at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She has been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of her ‘significant contribution’ thus far to the music profession.
Tippett Quartet with Emma Abbate
About The Tippett Quartet - 2017 |
Emma Abbate, Rondo by Weber |
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