• Sacconi Chamber Music Festival • 17-19 May 2024 • Folkestone •
Friday 17 May at 7.00pm
Concert£25 (£10 for Under 35s, Free for 8-25s)
St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church Street, Folkestone, CT20 1SE
Sacconi Quartet - Ben Hancox, Matthew Truscott* (violins), Robin Ashwell (viola), Cara Berridge (cello)
Bach - Art of Fugue (selection)
Mozart - String Quartet in B flat, K.589
Beethoven - String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fugue)
* guest violinist while Hannah Dawson is on maternity leave
Saturday 18 May at 11.00am
Folkestone Young StringsFree event, no booking required
The Green Room @ The Grand, Folkestone, CT20 2XL
Come and see how our local youth string orchestra has grown! Under the wonderful guidance of Floriane Peycelon, Young Strings has flourished over the last 2 years and at this free concert you can hear what they’ve been working on this term.
Saturday 18 May at 7.00pm
Concert£25 (£10 for Under 35s, Free for 8-25s)
Holy Trinity Church, Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Sacconi Quartet (with Haim Choi*), Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra, Tom Hancox (flute), Tom Foster (harpsichord)
Bach - Orchestral Suite in B min, BWV 1067
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
Grieg - Holberg Suite
Strauss - Metamorphosen
* guest violinst while Hannah Dawson is on maternity leave
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE TO PREVIOUS YEARS
Saturday 18 May at 9.45pm
Late-Night Concert£16 (£10 for Under 35s)
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone, CT20 1BN
Come and enjoy a sonic treat with Anna Phoebe and Richard Bundy! Anna is a violinist and composer who works in cross-genre and collaborative projects. Tonight, as part of her set, the Sacconis will join her for a performance of “Dover Unlocked”. Conceived by Anna and Richard Bundy, this piece was written specially for a performance in the intimate setting of St Edmund’s Chapel in Dover, which they gave together last year.
PLEASE NOTE SLIGHTLY LATER START TIME
Sunday 19 May at 3.00pm
Concert£25 (£10 for Under 35s, Free for 8-25s)
St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church Street, Folkestone, CT20 1SE
Members of the Sacconi Quartet - Ben Hancox (violin), Robin Ashwell (viola), Cara Berridge (cello)
Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arr. Sitkovetsky for String Trio
Sunday 19 May at 7.00pm
Concert£16 (£10 for Under 35s, Free for 8-25s)
St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church Street, Folkestone, CT20 1SE
Sacconi Quartet (with Haim Choi*), Alice Neary (cello)
Schumann - String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3
Arensky - Quartet No. 2 in A min, Op. 35 for violin, viola and 2 cellos
Schubert - String Quintet in C, D. 956
* guest violinist while Hannah Dawson is on maternity leave