Neo Quartet, Jonathan Powell

Programme:
Rebecca Saunders - Fletch
Luciano Berio - Rounds
Luciano Berio - Cinque variazioni

A Composers' Competition finalist piece for string quartet

Dariusz Przybylski Green and Maroon, Homage a Mark Rothko
Iannis Xenakis Akea
Akira Nishimura String Quartet No.2 ‘Pulses of Light’

The Neo Quartet and Jonathan Powell join forces for the final concert of the London Ear Festival, featuring Xeankis’ piano quartet Akea, a piece by Berlin based British composer Rebecca Saunders, Polish composer Dariusz Przybylski, Japanese Akira Nishimura, as well as the last of Berio’s piano works.

Finishing the night is a performance of one of our Composers’ Competition works, before Artistic Director’s Gwyn Pritchard and Andrea Cavallari announce the winner of the competition.