Wieck Ensemble:
Maria Wloszczowska violin
Simon Tandree viola
Tim Lowe cello
James Turnbull oboe
Libby Burgess piano,
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478
Britten Phantasy Oboe Quartet Op. 2
Bridge Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor
Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat Op. 87
Mozart’s tempestuous G minor piano quartet opens this concert, given by Libby Burgess’ Wieck Ensemble. Following yesterday’s exploration of late Britten, here we turn to one of his early works, the gritty Phantasy Oboe Quartet, and mirror it with the elegiac Phantasy Quartet for piano and strings by his teacher, Frank Bridge. To close the festival we return to perhaps the best-loved of all Czech composers, Dvořák, and follow the Piano Quintet in A major of Thursday night with his joyful and beautiful Piano Quartet in E flat major.
