Last Updated on: 22nd November 2023, 04:12 pm
Music at Nantwen has announced that their annual Chamber Music Festival will feature a world premiere performance of a new String Quintet by the acclaimed Welsh Composer, John Metcalf. The concert, which will take place in the secluded North Pembrokeshire venue on the 1st of July 2023, will also feature Schubert’s String Quintet and arrangements of Brahms’ Völkslieder for String Quartet by Welsh Cellist Daniel Davies.
Alongside Daniel, the musicians performing in Nantwen’s small and intimate hall are Solo Cellist Aleksei Kiseliov from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Violinist Amanda Lake from the Welsh National Opera, Australian Violinist Katerina Nazarova, and Spanish Viola player Patricia Reinoso.
Cellist Daniel Davies, who founded Music at Nantwen in 2015 with his wife Jemma, commented: “I am delighted to be able to welcome such fine players to Nantwen to perform a new work by John Metcalf. When I performed his piece Ynys Las for cello and piano, I was immediately captivated by the lyricism of his music and how the landscape of Wales is imbued within it. Adding a new String Quintet to sit alongside the existing works in the genre is an exciting development.”
The 1st of July will also feature the Hunt String Quartet by Haydn, Brahms’ Völkslieder, and 3 pieces from Last Leaf by the Danish String Quartet. The 2nd of July will include Dvorák’s ‘American’ String Quartet, 8 pieces for violin and cello by Gliére, homemade cakes, and ample coffee.
Nantwen was created out of a pair of derelict farm buildings at Daniel’s family home and is surrounded by acres of wild meadows. This environmental sensitivity creates an intimate backdrop for chamber music performances and allows for a maximum capacity of 80 people.
For more information about Music at Nantwen, visit www.nantwen.co.uk/music or contact them at info@nantwen.co.uk or 01239820768.
