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NOVO Quartet and Ben Roidl-Ward

Tuesday 28 April 2026
19:00 - 21:00
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BBC New Generation Artists NOVO String Quartet join international virtuoso bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward in a fascinating program of 20th and 21st century works

BBC New Generation Artists NOVO String Quartet join international virtuoso bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward in a fascinating program of 20th and 21st century works. Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses Nocturnes, opens the programme with a work of extraordinary imagination, by turns playful and visceral. Professor Arlene Sierra’s new commission, A Young Mind in Old Bees for bassoon and quartet, receives a world premiere performance, a shimmering, rhythmic, and expressive exploration of the life of bees. Recent bassoon solos by Tonia Ko and Oznat Netzer show the virtuosity of Roidl-Ward, and the programme closes with Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, a profoundly moving masterpiece, exploring sorrow, grief, and a sardonic gallows humour.

Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1
Arlene Sierra: A Young Mind in Old Bees** for bassoon and string quartet
Tonia Ko: Tilt for solo bassoon
Osnat Netzer: Monoblogue for solo bassoon
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8