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Piatti Quartet: Glass and Company

Soundbites

Wed 9 Oct

Piatti Quartet: Glass and Company

Soundbites

Philip Glass	String Quartet No. 2 Company
Joseph Phibbs	String Quartet No. 4 (London premiere, a Piatti Qt & RTF commission)
Sophia Jani	Fall, Glow, Dissolve
Caroline Shaw	Valencia
Grace Evangeline-Mason	A Winter Carol (arrangement commissioned by Piatti Qt– world premiere)
Lucy Walker	There is No Rose
John Adams	Fellow Traveller

Michael Trainor	violin
Emily Holland	violin
Miguel Sobrinho	viola
Jessie Ann Richardson	cello

Minimalist pioneer Philip Glass begins our 60-minute journey of meditative to rhythmic and energising music by living composers. Hear a London premiere by British composer Joseph Phibbs, World premiere arrangements of songs by Grace Evangeline and Lucy Walker, as well as the celebrated American composers Caroline Shaw and John Adams.

SOUNDBITES: Sixty-minute transportive music experiences in collaboration with Kings Place Resident String Quartet, Piatti.

The performance will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

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Date:	Wed 9 Oct
Start time:	7pm (Doors: 6.30pm)
Venue:	Hall One
Price:	£8.50-£18.00 + 12.5% (£6 cap) Transaction fee. + £1 Building levy. More info
Availability:	Tickets available

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Book tickets Find out more

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