Thames Concerts regrets to accounce that in response to the latest lockdown measures, this concert has been cancelled.
Ticketweb will be issuing refunds to all customers who have purchased tickets.
Thames Concerts expects the remainder of the series to go ahead as planned.
Thames Concerts' 2020/21 Series welcomes the Behn String Quartet: Laura Lunansky and Alicia Berendse (violin), Ana Teresa de Braga e Alves (viola), and Ghislaine McMullin (cello).
Thames Concerts is one of London's premiere recital series (established in the 1960s). Despite ongoing challenges to the whole music industry relating to the covid-19 situation, we are proud that our concerts will continue to take place in a safe, regulated environment, the home of the series, St Andrew’s Church, Surbiton.
Because of the present covid-19 social distancing requirements, and in accordance with our risk assessment, ticket sales for this event are limited to 50. It is therefore strongly recommended that audience members purchase their tickets in advance online in order to avoid disappointment. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions we regret that Thames Concerts staff are unable to serve refreshments at this performance. Audience members are however welcome to bring their own refreshments/glasses with them.
The Behn Quartet is formed of players from England, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Winners of the 2017 Orlando International Chamber Music Competition, they are currently an Associate Ensemble at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and previously held the Cavatina Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music in London. They take their name from Aphra Behn, the seventeenth-century playwright, political activist, and philanthropist of the arts.
Since their formation in 2015, the Behn Quartet have given recitals across Europe, including at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam, at the Fondazione Cini Venice and the Filarmonica Laudamo Messina in association with Le Dimore del Quartetto. They made their Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2018.