Schumann Quartet and Martin Roscoe
Schumann Quartet and Martin Roscoe at The Stoller Hall, Manchester
About the show
Programme
HAYDN String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 Hob III: 82 ‘Lobkowitz’
GLASS String Quartet No. 3 ‘Mishima’
Interval
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet no 2 in A major op 81
Manchester Chamber Concerts Society’s Music Director Martin Roscoe joins forces with the Schumann Quartet for Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No.2, widely regarded as one of the greatest masterworks of the quintet form. One of the UK’s best loved pianists in both intimate solo recitals and large scale orchestral performances, Martin Roscoe is both a regular and a firm favourite in both the MCCS season and more widely in the Stoller Hall programme.
The three brothers Mark, Erik and Ken Schumann have been playing together since their earliest childhood. Joined by violist Matthew McDowell, this close-knit group of performers create ‘music-making of the highest order’ (Guardian, ★★★★★).
In the first half of the concert, the Schumann Quartet open with Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 77, one of the composer’s last quartet works before his death. Haydn is known as the ‘father’ of the string quartet, and this work shows off all of his deep understanding of string quartet melody and form, giving each instrument time to shine.
Meanwhile Philip Glass’s ‘Mishima’ String Quartet is a radically different work, chosen to celebrate the composer’s 90th birthday year.
Featuring - Martin Roscoe
Distinguished recitalist, now head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has performed six concertos at the BBC Proms, made more than thirty CD recordings and over four hundred broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.
'Martin Roscoe is a versatile pianist, equally at home in concerto, recital and chamber performances. In an ever more distinguished career, his enduring popularity and the respect in which he is universally held are built on a deeply thoughtful musicianship allied to an easy rapport with audiences and fellow musicians alike' (RNCM).
'Roscoe is a pianist who both thinks and offers full-blooded playing of breadth and depth. In this country, he is an uncommon creature' (The Daily Telegraph)
'Thrillingly done with the electrifying soloist Martin Roscoe' (The Guardian)
'... Roscoe at his most dazzling, employing a huge dynamic range and changes of mood as swift as they are convincing … It would be difficult to overpraise Roscoe's accomplishment' (International Record Review).