Wigmore Hall – 3 January 2025, 7.30pm
As longstanding supporters of the Festival will know, new music and commissions have always held an important place in Anthony and Richard’s rich festival programming. We are therefore delighted to announce that, with thanks to two very generous legacies left to the Festival, we have embarked on a trilogy of commissions, working with exciting composers to add to the Festival’s contribution to the chamber music canon.
The first piece has been commissioned from celebrated composer Steven Mackey (a former Peasmarsh-ian that many of you may remember). Steven has written a quintet for string quartet and electric guitar entitled The Ancestors: ballet in eight tableaux, which Anthony and Richard, with Steven, will premiere at the Wigmore Hall on 3 January 2025, joined also by violinist Grace Park and violist Hélène Clément.
In a characteristically Peasmarsh-y programme that brings a little slice of East Sussex to the Wigmore Hall stage, the Mackey will be framed by Beethoven’s Serenade for String Trio and Dvořák’s piano quintet No. 2, for which Anthony, Richard, Grace and Hélène will be joined by pianist Aleksandar Madžar. For further details about the concert, please visit the page for the concert on the Wigmore Hall’s website.
How To Book
General booking for this concert is now open. Please visit the Wigmore Hall box office online, in person, or by telephone (020 7935 2141) to book tickets. A £4 administration fee (per transaction, not per seat) will apply over the phone and online but not in person.
We look forward to sharing details of our second and third commissions when we can. Watch this space!
