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Close on a string quartet playing: bows, hands and the scroll of a cello in warm stage light, the players turned away.

The Hollin Quartet

Death and the Maiden

When
Thursday 12 November
Times
Doors 18:45 · starts 19:30 · ends 21:30
Where
The Nave, classical
Tickets
£18, concessions below
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Haydn’s “Lark”, Janáček’s first quartet and Schubert in D minor.

Four players who met in the student orchestra here in 2014 come back with the programme they open every season with: Haydn at his sunniest, Janáček at his most restless, and Schubert’s quartet in D minor, written in the year he knew he was ill.

Tom Hollis gives a ten-minute introduction from the stage at 19:20. The bar in the Yard is open through the interval.

Tickets

Book online, by phone or at the box office. No booking fee; we never sell above face value.

Box office 01632 960418

Ticket prices for Death and the Maiden
Full price£18
Under 26 and students£9
Friends of the Hallwith your Friends card£15
Companion of a disabled visitorbook by phone or at the box officeFree

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The programme

  1. Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64 No. 5 “The Lark”18 min
  2. Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”19 min
  3. Interval20 min, the Yard bar is open
  4. Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”40 min

Who’s playing

  • Nell Hollin violin
  • Rafi Mendes violin
  • Joanna Park viola
  • Ewan Brodie cello

Before you come

Everything about your visit
When do the doors open?

At 18:45, for the foyer, the bar and The Nave. Seats are unreserved unless it says otherwise.

How long is it?

It starts at 19:30 and ends at about 21:30. Seated, unreserved: the doors open at 18:45 and the best seats go early. One interval of 20 minutes.

Is there a bar?

The Yard bar opens with the doors and through every interval: local beer and cider, wine, soft drinks and coffee. You can take drinks into the Nave in our glasses.

Can I bring children?

Yes, to anything without an age on its page. Under-fives come free to the Sunday at Four concerts and the family mornings, sitting on a lap.

What if I arrive late?

We let latecomers in at a suitable break, to the back of the hall or the gallery. For theatre that is the interval.

Where you’ll sit

The Nave

A room built for voices, now for every kind of music. The stage sits low under the east arch, the gallery runs round three sides, and nobody is more than nineteen rows from the front.

  • 380 seated rows
  • 600 standing
  • 180 long tables
  • 140 cabaret
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Stalls, unreservedRow J: six wheelchair spaces, a companion seat beside each

Also this week

Hands on a double bass in amber light, a drum kit and piano out of focus behind.

Saturday 14 November, 19:30

The Okonjo Trio

Femi Okonjo, Lise Varga and Dan Ashby. The Nave, £20