Opening performance strikes high note for chamber music series

An almost sell-out opening performance is boding well for the Harrogate International Sunday Series.

Strings to their bow:
the Pavão String Quartet 
which performs this Sunday.

Organisers of the programme – now in its 19th year – say they are delighted by the first event which began with a performance by internationally acclaimed pianist Artur Pizarro which featured works by Rachmaninov and Chopin.

The festival aims to bring the best international classical chamber musicians to Harrogate with a sequence of five concerts taking place at the Old Swan Hotel. 

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This Sunday (5 February) sees a performance by the Pavão String Quartet, recognised as the most exciting ensembles of its type in the UK and highly regarded in both classical and rock, pop and jazz circles. The performance will feature a varied programme that includes works by Britten, Haydn and Mendelssohn. The quartet has enjoyed collaborations with renowned rock, pop and jazz artists, a contemporary dance company, and they have recorded music for the X-Factor.

Pianist Martin Roscoe will grace the Old Swan’s stage with a programme of Schubert, Beethoven and Schumann on Sunday 19 February, followed by clarinettist Julian Bliss on Sunday 18 March.

The series will end on Sunday 15 April with one of Britain’s foremost and best loved cellists, Paul Watkins.

Tickets can be booked by phone on 01423 562 303, by email on: info@harrogate-festival.org.uk or in person by visiting the office situated at Raglan House, Raglan Street, Harrogate, HG1 1LE. Booking forms are also available to download from the Festival website: www.harrogate-festival.org.uk