The Alberni String Quartet, at the Imperial Hotel and Spa, Hythe
27th February to 1st March 2009
The Alberni String Quartet was formed at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has enjoyed a worldwide career for more than four decades. Their interpretations of the great classics have attracted praise and respect around the world.
Rapport and long experience on the concert platform give the quartet an understanding and musical wisdom. Concert tours have often been combined with education work at all levels - in the USA, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, China and Finland, and other countries as representatives of Britain under the auspices of the British Council.
While demonstrating the expertise and maturity gained from many years of performing, the Alberni Quartet retain the enthusiasm, vigour and attention to detail that make their interpretations today a rare and rich experience.
Their debut at the Carnegie Hall earned them a description in the New York Times as "one of the finest half-dozen quartets in the world today".
The Recital Programmes
Friday
- Mozart No 6 in C K456 'The Dissonance'
- Beethoven Op 18 No 6 in Bb
- Borodin No 2 in D
Saturday
- Haydn Op 76 No 3 in C 'The Emperor'
- Dvorak Op 96 in F 'The American'
- Schubert in D min Op Posth 'Death and The Maiden'
Imperial Hotel & Spa, Hythe
Built in 1880, and set in fifty acres of mature gardens and wild meadow, this elegant Victorian hotel gazes out over the English Channel towards France. It's an ideal spot from which to take a stroll along the seafront, or explore the Kent countryside.