Proms at … Cadogan Hall 4: Aris Quartet - 12.08.19

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

13:00 Monday 12 August 2019
Cadogan Hall

Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 1
Maddalena Laura Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B flat major, ‘Sunrise’

Aris Quartet

Praised for their suppleness of sound, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Aris Quartet make their Proms debut with Haydn’s ebullient ‘Sunrise’ Quartet – nicknamed for the beautiful climbing phrase with which it opens.
This late, great work is paired with two youthful pieces: Schubert’s quietly innovative String Quartet No. 1, and the String Quartet No. 5 by Maddalena Laura Sirmen (born Lombardini) – the 18th-century violin virtuoso and pupil of Tartini, whose career was a defiant exception in a male-dominated profession.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGj13QBtWz8

[teamsaint]

I was hoping to get to this one. Any regulars know what the chances are of getting a day ticket if I pitch up at Cadogan Hall at about 10.00 ?

Cheers.

[Padraig]

I was hoping to get to this one. Any regulars know what the chances are of getting a day ticket if I pitch up at Cadogan Hall at about 10.00 ?

Cheers.

ts

My only venture to the Proms was to Cadogan Hall for the chamber music. That was 10 years ago! I booked for a couple of concerts in advance, but there were seats available anyway. I also was able to buy tickets for another couple of concerts, and was quite surprised that every recital was not booked out. I was there for a most enjoyable week, and I found the Hall staff most helpful to a lone attendee.

Good luck on Monday.

PS When I say 'lone' I must add that I met a member of this board and we shared a recital and a walk. Not many people know that

[bluestateprommer]

I was hoping to get to this one. Any regulars know what the chances are of getting a day ticket if I pitch up at Cadogan Hall at about 10.00 ?

If you arrive at 10 AM, I would say that the chances of a Day Ticket are pretty low, because that's when the Cadogan Hall box office opens, and in my own experiences from years back of queuing for PCM "Promming" tickets, there is a pretty fair-sized queue definitely by 9:45. To be really safe, and if you have time to spare, I'd advise getting to Cadogan Hall around 9 AM, maybe up to about 9:15 AM. Needless to say (so I'll say it, to quote my high school history teacher), you may wish to bring a book.

With that said, Padraig has a point about the attendance, because I've seen some empty seats at PCM's, which indicates that some folks didn't make it, or had to cancel at the last minute. That is a risk to take, and a pricier one in terms of money, to be sure.

[bluestateprommer]

Good, solid concert from the Aris Quartet just this past hour, well worth a listen on iPlayer if you missed it, as pretty much all the PCM's at Cadogan Hall are. Maybe there was a moment where the Haydn finale threatened to slip off score just a bit, but the Aris players dodged that clam. I thought also that I detected slightly trimmed vibrato in their playing.

For teamsaint, did you get to Cadogan Hall for this concert? Would be great to hear a first-hand report.

[Serial_Apologist]

Needless to say (so I'll say it, to quote my high school history teacher), you may wish to bring a book.

And bring something transparently plastic through which to read it as you queue in the rain today, I would have added!

My experience of getting tickets at the venue on the day of the concert has, in the past, probably been dependent on the programme in question, and the last-minute drop outs when the doors close. And so far I happen to have been lucky; but there again I have less to lose by chancing it than an out-of-town visitor.

[teamsaint]

Good, solid concert from the Aris Quartet just this past hour, well worth a listen on iPlayer if you missed it, as pretty much all the PCM's at Cadogan Hall are. Maybe there was a moment where the Haydn finale threatened to slip off score just a bit, but the Aris players dodged that clam. I thought also that I detected slightly trimmed vibrato in their playing.

For teamsaint, did you get to Cadogan Hall for this concert? Would be great to hear a first-hand report.

Thanks for asking BSP, and also Padraig for your comments. Yes, I got to the hall around 10.15, and got a ticket easily enough. Row A seat 15, so front row right in line with the quartet. Fantastic seat.

A really good concert I thought. In the Schubert, I felt they ( and particularly the first Violin) were trying to squeeze as much folkiness out of it as there was to be had. They kept momentum going nicely. in the second movement , the first violin was noticeably sliding to hit the top note, which is fine if it is in the score ( and I assume it isn't) , but I didn't feel it particularly added anything positive. Interesting to hear this work, which I didn't know, live. Certainly well worth returning to.

The Laura Sirmen was well worth its place on the programme. Unusual structure, but one that worked nicely. I'd definitely seek out her other work.

I didn't notice any issues in the finale of the Haydn, but no doubt BSP has spotted things that I missed. All sounded excellent from my seat, especially the outer movements. H Thoroughly appreciated by an almost full hall, as was the Dvorak encore, which if you can play it well, you can't really go wrong with.

If Carlsberg did Lunchtimes......

[bluestateprommer]

Thanks for asking BSP, and also Padraig for your comments. Yes, I got to the hall around 10.15, and got a ticket easily enough. Row A seat 15, so front row right in line with the quartet. Fantastic seat.

A really good concert I thought. In the Schubert, I felt they ( and particularly the first Violin) were trying to squeeze as much folkiness out of it as there was to be had. They kept momentum going nicely. in the second movement , the first violin was noticeably sliding to hit the top note, which is fine if it is in the score ( and I assume it isn't) , but I didn't feel it particularly added anything positive. Interesting to hear this work, which I didn't know, live. Certainly well worth returning to.

The Laura Sirmen was well worth its place on the programme. Unusual structure, but one that worked nicely. I'd definitely seek out her other work.

I didn't notice any issues in the finale of the Haydn, but no doubt BSP has spotted things that I missed. All sounded excellent from my seat, especially the outer movements. H Thoroughly appreciated by an almost full hall, as was the Dvorak encore, which if you can play it well, you can't really go wrong with.

Great that you got into Cadogan Hall for this concert, and that arriving at 10:15 AM worked out. Perhaps the rain that S_A alluded to ended up being in your favor, in a sense.

We unfortunately didn't get the Dvorak encore in the transmission. Was it maybe one of the 'Cypresses' movements? Would be interesting to know. Normally, AFAICT, the announcers have advance knowledge of the encores, and are able to talk along to keep the broadcast going until the encore. Petroc is pretty good at this, as are the other presenters. Maybe there was a time constraint because of the rest of the R3 schedule that day. Guess one can't have everything ;) .