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VQ perform in NLSO Series

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Ńorthern Lights Symphony Ørchestra
Orchestra in Association with The Sibelius Society UK
Chairman: Rodney Slatford OBE
Patron: Lady Fraser
Honorary Patrons: Joanna Lumley OBE, Jonathan Pryce CBE
CEO and Artistic Director: Adam Johnson “Incisive and Committed” (The Guardian 2010)
 
Thursday 26th January 7.30pm
St. Saviours Church, Lupus St., Pimlico
VILLIERS QUARTET Quartet in Association with the NLSO
 
HAYDN Op. 77 no.1
GLASS String Quartet no.5
MENDELSSOHN Op. 13 in A minor
 

We are proud to welcome our newly-named Quartet in Association to perform at our residency, St. Saviours Church, Pimlico. Members of the quartet have given concerts across the UK, Europe, China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, and in 30 states across the USA, including a quartet residency at Syracuse University.  In addition to performing the classical repertoire of Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart, the ensemble also promotes the music of contemporary and emerging composers. www.villiersquartet.com

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Hello 2012

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We unveil the poster for our VQ "Haydn & Beyond" Spring Season, 2012!

November rehearsals

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In between our rehearsals of Haydn & Glass.  This is what happens when you tread on a cellist's toes:

 

Tamaki with our quartet mascot (and fiercest critic!), Robin:

 

Just back

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HI, just back from a marathon ECO tour, 10 days, 8 concerts, 10 buses, two planes....rehearsal tomorrow and no time to practice oh dear, then off to Richmond for Mendelssohn octet on Friday!!!

Bringing together past, present, and future

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"That was a truly wonderful hour this afternoon and I am so grateful to you
and the other 'quartetists' for wonderful, transporting music. It seemed
to me to be so right that that wonderful music of the 18th century should
be performed in a church built a century or more later and being renovated
another century and a half further on. And to have a violin of 1740 as one
of the instruments being played, brought past, present and future (of St
Andrew's and the Villiers Quartet) together

I thought that there was a good audience for the first of the concerts and
that we can build on that so that the next concert becomes a 'must attend'
occasion!
 
Thank you so much for initiating this and for beautiful music."
 
 

-Fr. Guy Wilkinson, acting Vicar of St. Andrew's, Fulham Fields, London

 

Haydn & Beyond Concert September 25th

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We have truly launched!  Our Haydn & Beyond chamber music series began on Sunday with a beautiful afternoon of Haydn & Mozart quartets at St. Andrew's Church.  We were excited to have a great audience and community of supporters.  Thanks to Charles Gervais of Both Hemispheres Photography for his photos of the concert.
PHOTO CREDIT CHARLES GERVAIS, BOTH HEMISPHERES PHOTOGRAPHY

We Did It!

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We are pleased to announce that we surpassed our goal for our IndieGoGo Campaign, raising $3,575 to go towards creating our new quartet residency and chamber music series at St. Andrew's Church, Hammersmtih & Fulham, London.

We are grateful to everyone who supported us, and we have been galvanized by the idea that, with a little help from your friends, ideas can be turned into reality.

Thanks for your contributions, support, and encouragement, everyone!  We have been overwhelmed by the response, and we are happy you have taken the leap to begin this journey with us...let's see where the road takes us!

See our Supporters Wall.