Highgate West Hill
London N6 6AP
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for an annual celebration of chamber music. In the intimate setting of St Anne’s Highgate, a stone’s throw from Hampstead Heath, HICMF presents varied programmes with masterworks of the repertoire set alongside lesser-known works, delivered with fresh, energised performances by world-class musicians performing alongside each another in combinations not heard anywhere else.
‘Passion and sheer panache’ – The Strad ‘Serious performers [and] concerts of genuine world class’ – Camden New Journal ‘Top soloists blend to perfection’ – ArtsDesk
Concert 4 – Tangos to Fandangos
Benjamin Gilmore, Natalie Klouda & Francesco Sica – violin, Jürg Dähler – viola, Ashok Klouda – cello & castanets, Irina Botan – piano, Plinio Fernandes – guitar
Let’s dance! Step inside St Anne’s for a night of invigorating rhythms and uplifting melodies including works inspired by Spain and Latin America. Born and raised in São Paulo, guitarist Plínio Fernandes fuses classical guitar with Brazilian folk music and has been described as ‘gloriously rich… [and] acutely attentive to detail’ (Gramophone). The concert also features the London Symphony Orchestra leader, and HICMF veteran, Benjamin Gilmore.
Dvorak String Quartet in Eb Op.51
Piazzolla Histoire du Tango for violin & guitar – ’Bordel 1900’, ’Café 1930’ and ’Nightclub 1960’
Haydn Piano Trio in C Hob XV:21
Coleridge-Taylor 5 Fantasiestücke Op.5 for string quartet, I. Prelude & III. Humoresque
Boccherini ‘Fandango’ Quintet in D, G.448 for guitar and string quartet