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The Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society
Benedict Holland violin | Catherine Yates violin | Susie Mészáros viola | Jennifer Langridge cello
Britten Three Divertimenti for String Quartet (1936)
Mendelssohn String Quartet in D major Op.44 No.1
Simon Parkin, the Director of Concerts for The Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society, first heard the Victoria Quartet in September 2017 during their inaugural concert at Manchester’s Victoria Baths (the venue from which the quartet take their name). The old swimming pool had been converted into a concert hall and the quartet was quite literally thrown in at the deep end. All members of the quartet are versatile and extremely experienced musicians with strong local connections, so they are the perfect ensemble to close the Mid-days 2019|2020 series. The happy and enjoyable Mendelssohn quartet is prefaced by Britten’s Three Divertimenti; youthful, sparky pieces written in the composer’s twenties.
Sponsored by Paul Berry in memory of Godfrey Berry.