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Sacconi Residency Weekend 2021
23 – 24 October 2021
Director: Matt Shipton
The Sacconi Quartet kicked off this new initiative with two days of FREE concerts, workshops and performances featuring new compositions by local composer John Woolrich, an outdoor(!) musical installation by local artist Kate Beaugié, local schoolchildren in concert and the culmination of our ProAm Chamber Music Competition!
Friday night saw the launch of the inaugural Sacconi Residency Weekend at the Eleto Chocolate Café with a performance from the Sacconis…
On Saturday morning we held open workshops for our new Young Strings Orchestra! The group of talented youngsters got to play with the Sacconis and in chamber groups too…
On Saturday evening, six amateur musicians from around Kent performed chamber music with the Sacconi Quartet as part of our Pro/Am Chamber Music event: Nina Linn (clarinet) – Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 (1st mvt), Kayley Kan (cello) & George Styles (Cello) – Boccherini: String Quintet No. 2 in C major Op. 42, Lis Sadler (viola) – Mozart: String Quintet in D Major K593 (1st mvt), Thomas Winrow-Campbell (violin) – Haydn: String Quartet in D major Op.64 No. 5 ‘Lark’ (1st mvt), Markus Sadler (piano) – Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81 (1st mvt).
Artist Kate Beaugié was invited to collaborate for one of the Residency Weekend events. Kate interpreted this as an opportunity to re-contextualise the listening experience of classical music. She wanted to use the acoustic nature of the medium of the quartet to its advantage by relocating the quartet out of the concert space and placing them directly into the forces of nature. And so it was that on Sunday, the final day of the Residency, in beautiful October morning sunshine, ‘Beethoven on the Beach’ was performed under the arches of Sunny Sands beach to over 300 people and passers by (plus a few dogs!). For more about Beethoven on the Beach including artist responses, films, photos and poetry see BEETHOVEN REVISITED.
