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The Villiers Quartet rounded off our 2015-16 season in style.
Sibelius's densely woven Voces Intimae quartet was unknown to most of the audience - as a show of hands established - but is a firm favourite of the Villiers, and one could see why. It was very different from the composer's more familiar symphonies and tone-poems. There followed a darkly lyrical single-movement work by the contemporary Spanish composer Granero, Noche del Amor Insomne. Beethoven's second Razumovsky quartet came after the interval, its long, soul-searching second movement taken at a confidently slow pace. The warm applause brought the artists back for a fizzy little encore, the Waltz from Britten's Three Divertimenti, written when he was just 23 years old. And so, the musicians set off to drive back home to the Midlands, while we lucky listeners went home through the surprisingly chilly night, to reflect on a very good season. Yes, we've got a new website, and we hope you like it. If you have any suggestions, please let us know: publicity@rsconcerts.org. Thanks!
Ken Warne's of Richmond, who sponsored the excellent concert by the Albany Trio, have kindly extended their discount offer to RSC members until the end of April. That means 20% off a couple of fine wines - a meaty red Montigoli Ripasso Valpolicella 2013, which our Chairman swears is a good buy even without the discount, and a nice white, the Louis Jadot Chablis 2014 - and 20% off Blue Wensleydale cheese at Warne's deli counter. How's that for a balanced diet?
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