the Maggini Residency
Will Schofield – ASMF Associate Principal Cellist
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Associate Principal Cellist Will Schofield presents his Marriner with the Maggini Quartet, performing a residency of open rehearsals and free concerts at the Chapel at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery at Queen Square.
Formed in 1988, the Maggini Quartet is one of the finest British string quartets. Its acclaimed recordings have won international awards including Gramophone Chamber Music Award of the Year, Diapason d’Or of the Year and a Cannes Classical Award, and have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards. The Quartet has recorded the complete Mendelssohn quartet cycle for Meridian Records and their CD of two of the opus 18 string quartets by Beethoven is now available, also on Meridian. Recent projects for the label have been recordings of the string quartets of Welsh composer Arwel Hughes, a disc of music by Jonathan Rutherford and another of Mozart’s ‘Hunt’ and ‘Dissonance’ quartets.
The Chapel at Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG
6 & 7 October
8 & 9 December
26 & 27 January
30 & 31 March
25 & 26 May
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