Sacconi Festival - Salome Quartet/RCM Strings: Haydn, Mozart, Woolrich, Bartok

The Sacconi Quartet return to Folkestone with their 12th Annual Chamber Music Festival. This year they are bringing some very special guests; including welcoming back the extraordinary pianist Tom Poster, who will join them for Korngold's sumptuous Piano Quintet. Eminent violist Philip Dukes will also join the Sacconis for a quintet, this time Beethoven's tempestuous 'Storm' Quintet Op 29. A hand-picked string orchestra from the Royal College of Music will be directed by the Sacconis in a thrilling concert including John Woolrich's haunting 'Ulysses Awakes' for viola and strings, and Bartok's Divertimento for Strings: one of the genre's greatest works. Other repertoire includes Mozart, Haydn, Grieg and Schubert.

Haydn’s ‘Bird’ Quartet opens tonight’s concert, performed by the award-winning Salome Quartet from the Royal College of Music. After a break of two years, the Sacconi Quartet will lead their very own RCM String Ensemble, who return to perform three greats of the string orchestra repertoire including John Woolrich’s haunting Ulysses Awakes for viola and strings. Expect to hear strings like you’ve never heard them before!