Sacconi Festival 2022

For SCMF 2022 (19-22 May)  the Sacconi Quartet invited the Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra, David Campbell (clarinet), Simone Van der Giessen (viola), Christian Elliott (cello) and The Hot Club of Jupiter to join them in Folkestone for their 15th Annual Chamber Music Festival.

They also hosted an exhibition of work curated by artist Kate Beaugié involving many other local artists over the festival weekend. The exhibition was in response to Beethoven on the Beach, a project that took place as part of the Sacconi Residency Weekend in October 2021.

Programme:

Friday 19th May, 7pm:

Haydn – String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ‘Fifths’

Tippett – String Quartet No. 2

Schubert – String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

 

Saturday 20th May, 7pm with the RCM String Orchestra:

Purcell – Selection of Fantasias (for string quartet):

Fantasia a 4 No. 6 in F Z737 (1680)

Chacony in G minor Z730 (c.1678)

Fantasia a 4 No. 11 in G Z742 (1680)

Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending (arr. for string orch)

(Hannah Dawson, solo violin)

Tchaikovsky – ‘Souvenir de Florence’ in D min op. 70

Wojciech Kilar – ‘Orawa’ for string orchestra

 

Saturday 20th May, 9.30pm, Hot Club of Jupiter:

Late-night candle-lit concert – something a little different every time! This year, vibrant five-piece The Hot Club of Jupiter bring their own unique brand of gypsy swing and hot jazz to the Festival!

 

Sunday 21st May, 3pm, Robin Ashwell (viola) with Simone Van der Giessen (viola), David Campbell (clarinet) and Anya Fadina (piano)

Roxanna Panufnik – Canto for solo viola

Frank Bridge – Lament and Caprice for two violas

Rebecca Clarke – Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale for viola and B flat clarinet

Arnold Bax – Phantasy for viola & piano

 

Sunday 21st May, 7pm with Simone van der Giessen (viola), David Campbell (clarinet) & Christian Elliott (cello):

Dove – “On The Streets and In the Sky”

Bliss – Clarinet Quintet

Brahms – String Sextet op. 36 in G

 

See the Festival flier here