Piatti Quartet
Available until 24th April
As part of the Fresh Horizons concert series.
Celebrating 10 years of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition, the inaugural winners, the Piatti Quartet, make a prestigious return to the St Martin’s digital stage. Now a distinguished and multi-award-winning ensemble, the Piatti Quartet share their passionate interpretations of string quartets by Beethoven and Dvořák alongside Purcell’s baroque masterpiece Chacony in G minor.
Programme
Purcell – Chacony in G minor
Beethoven – String Quartet Op 18 No 1 in F
Dvořák– String Quartet No 12 in F ‘American’
Performers
Piatti Quartet
Michael Trainor, Rebecca Chan Violin
Tetsuumi Nagata Viola
Jessie Ann Richardson Cello
How to watch the online concert
You can watch the performance from 7.30pm on Thursday 25 March and it will be available to watch as many times as you like for the following 30 days. Your access details will be sent to you 24 hours before the performance starts, with full details of how to watch the concert.
Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the Fresh Horizons concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
The Piatti Quartet and St Martin-in-the-Fields church are closely following government guidance and each concert will adhere accordingly to the latest advice.
Dates, Times & Book
| Thu 25 Mar | 7:30 PM | £10 | Book |
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