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Performances in 2020 will be given by the Piatti String Quartet and will include works by Brahms, Purcell, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven. In addition to the wonderful music on offer we will also enjoy a visit to the private garden at Lamorran, inspired by Lady Walton’s garden on the island of Ischia.
The 5 star Hotel Tresanton enjoys a wonderful position overlooking The 5 star Hotel Tresanton enjoys a wonderful position overlooking the sea. Olga Polizzi and her brother Sir Rocco Forte have won accolades around the world for their work as renowned hoteliers. The hotel has 29 bedrooms, a terrace and a cosy bar. The menus forthe three candlelit dinners will be carefully selected by the hotel’s chef to ensure guests enjoy the best locally sourced ingredients. Please note that there is no lift at this hotel.
Optional Excursion
Lanhydrock House (11 March, 9.30am – 2.30pm) £60 per person. Rebuilt after a fire in 1881, Lanhydrock is a perfect example of a late Victorian country house and estate. Our visit includes a private tour and a light lunch with time to enjoy the gardens.
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barry.cheeseman@kirkerholidays.com
Barry Cheeseman has been the Manager of the Kirker Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme for over 10 years.
Barry has been an opera lover for more than 40 years and has seen and heard every major singer during this period. He loves the challenges of organising complex arts events and working closely with the musicians. Out of the office, Barry manages to fit in time to organise his own Chamber Music Festival in North Norfolk where he lives
"Performer, editor, composer and teacher, Simon Rowland-Jones has always led a very busy, all-embracing musical life. He was founder violist of the Chilingirian Quartet, in which he played for a total of ten years, and subsequently performed with many other leading chamber groups.
His solo CDs, on the Meridian and Etcetera labels, include the first-ever complete version of the Bach Cello Suites on viola. Peters Edition published his viola transcription of the suites shortly after the recording was made and he then went on to make a new critical/performing edition of the Haydn String Quartets. His many works include pieces for viola, four string quartets, a string trio, a piano quartet, songs and ‘A Turn Outside’, a musical adaptation of a play by Stevie Smith commissioned by Dame Josephine Barstow. He teaches viola and chamber music at the Royal College of Music and is co-director of the North Norfolk Music Festival."
The career of the Piatti Quartet goes from strength to strength and they are now one of the most distinguished quartets of their generation. They won second prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Their busy career takes them to all the major chamber music festivals around the country.
They took part in the Kirker Music Festival in St.Mawes in the spring of 2016 and our festival at the Grand, Eastbourne in 2017 and, on both occasions, were greeted by our clients with enormous enthusiasm. The quartet takes its name from the great 19th century Italian cellist and teacher, Alfredo Piatti.
Concerts take place in the Old Methodist Hall which has excellent acoustics for chamber music. Simon Rowland-Jones will give two musically illustrated talks with the quartet.
9 March:
Purcell: Chacony in G minor arranged by Benjamin Britten
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Op 59 No.2 ‘Razumovsky’
10 March:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Op.18 No.1
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110
Brahms: String Quintet in G Op.111
Simon Rowland-Jones, viola, performs with the Piattis
1 March:
Brahms: String Quartet in B flat Op.76
Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131
I enjoyed the holiday experience very much. The Quartet were delightful both musically & socially and the tour leaders were quietly authoritative, helpful & knowledgeable. I shall certainly hope to travel with Kirker again.
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Barry Cheeseman has been the Manager of the Kirker Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme for over 10 years.
Barry has been an opera lover for more than 40 years and has seen and heard every major singer during this period. He loves the challenges of organising complex arts events and working closely with the musicians. Out of the office, Barry manages to fit in time to organise his own Chamber Music Festival in North Norfolk where he lives
I enjoyed the holiday experience very much. The Quartet were delightful both musically & socially and the tour leaders were quietly authoritative, helpful & knowledgeable. I shall certainly hope to travel with Kirker again.
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