The Tippett Quartet on the music of Korngold

Friday, March 17, 2023

The ensemble's two violinists discuss their new recording of Korngold's Quartets

In this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford talks to the two violinists of the Tippett Quartet – John Mills and Jeremy Issacs – about the group's new recording of the three string quartets by Korngold, available on the Naxos label.

Gramophone Podcasts are given in association with Wigmore Hall. (See below for the coming week's concerts.)

You can listen to the Podcast above. To hear other Gramophone podcasts, or to subscribe for free to new editions, search for 'Gramophone' in your Podcast App of choice, or visit Gramophone's page on Apple Music podcastsMeanwhile, below you can hear the Tippett's Quartet's new album via Apple Music.

This Gramophone podcast is published in association with Wigmore Hall, where this week's concerts are: 

Saturday March 18 at 3pm - a Low Stimulus Performance from the Bloomsbury Quartet, a informal concerto offering a programme without sudden or loud volume, and featuring pieces by Rebecca Clarke and Arvo Pärt.

Saturday March 18 at 7:30PM - mezzo Christine Rice joins the Nash Ensemble for a programme of Beethoven,  Mahler and Richard Strauss

Sunday March 19 at 11.30am - The Smetana Trio perform Dvořák and Shostakovich

Sunday March 19 at 7.30pm - Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn; pianist Simon Lepper; actor Paterson Joseph and contralto Jess Dandy perform a programme called Across the pond including music by Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Amy Beach, Korngold and a spiritual.

Monday March 20 at 1PM - violinist Francesca Dego and pianist Alessio Bax play Brahms and Mozart

Monday March 20 at 7.30PM - pianist Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov, including the Études‑tableaux op 39.

Tuesday March 21 at 1pm - Jordan Bak, violist, and Iyad Sughayer, pianist, perform a programme of Brahms, Falla and Isang Yun.

Tuesday March 21 at 7.30pm - the Chiaroscuro Quartet perform music by Haydn and Schubert.

Wednesday March 22 at 1pm - the Fidelio Trio perform Frank Martin, Moeran and Joan Trimble

Wednesday March 22 at 7.30pm - baritone Stéphane Degout and pianist Simon Lepper perform a programme of Berg, Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and Schubert.

Thursday March 23 at 7.30pm - The Sixteen and Fretwork, plus actor Noel Byrne, perform a selection from William Byrd's final published collection of 1611, of Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets.

Friday March 24 at 10.15am and 11.45am - Chamber Tots

Friday March 24 at 7.30pm - mezzo Marianne Crebassa and pianist Joseph Middleton in an evening of Albéniz, Debussy, Falla and more.

For full details, and to book tickets, visit Wigmore Hall's website.

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