Boconnoc Music Award: Apollo Quartet in Concert
Join us in Boconnoc House for an evening of exceptional chamber music with the Apollo Quartet, 12th recipients of the prestigious Boconnoc Music Award.
Founded in 2012 by the late Anthony Fortescue and Elizabeth Fortescue, the award is presented annually to a select group of outstanding young classical musicians. Winners are invited to Boconnoc for a week-long residency, giving them the space and inspiration to refine their technique and repertoire in a private, creative environment.
Tickets: £15 adults | £8 under 16s
Doors open at 6.45pm | Performance at 7.30pm
Bar open for refreshments
About the Apollo Quartet
Based in London, the Apollo Quartet is a vibrant ensemble known for its expressive, collaborative sound. Formed by four musicians with a shared love of chamber music, the group regularly performs with renowned artists from the Sacconi, Marmen, and Piatti Quartets. Their repertoire spans classical masterworks to contemporary pieces, with performances at venues such as the Royal College of Music and St Mary Abbots Church.
About the Musicians
Maria Pańczyk (violin) began her studies at six in Poland and now studies at the Royal College of Music in London under Radu Blidar. She performs widely and champions lesser-known Polish composers.
Isabell Karlsson (violin), born in 2005, is a Gandar Dower Scholar at the Royal College of Music. She has performed solo at Wigmore Hall, led the National Youth Orchestra, and plays a Maggini-de Salo violin (c.1600) kindly loaned by the family of David Angel.
Florence Cope (viola) is a Jean Middlemiss Award Holder at the Royal College of Music. A former National Youth Orchestra member, she has performed at the Proms and BBC Radio 3, and attends summer courses across Europe. Her Viola is loaned by the Royal College.
Vivian Thérèse Tupker (cello) is studying at the Royal College of Music with Alexander Chaushian. She has trained internationally and regularly performs in chamber and orchestral settings across Europe.
Concert Programme
Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet No.11, Op.95
I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
IV. Larghetto espressivo; Allegretto agitato; Allegro
Schubert (1797-1828): String Quartet in C minor, D.703
I. Allegro Assai
Interval
Jessie Montgomery (1981- ): Strum for String Quartet
Bacewicz (1909-1969): String Quartet No. 4
I. Andante – Allegro moderato – Allegro energico
II: Andante
III. Allegro giocoso
Arrangements by the Danish String Quartet (2017):
Æ Rømeser
Polska from Dorotea