Members of London Chamber Ensemble Quartet, mentors,

trustees, and award-holders. 

 

'It was an amazing day.  I was blown away by the talent of the young composers, and also mesmerised by the skill of the professional LCEQ quartet who brought their compositions to life.  The format worked really well with the onstage live interviews giving the human touch (how often do we get that in a concert?) and loved hearing their pieces even more the second time!'

Hamish - community string ensemble ​

​

Featuring on the day were...

- new works for string quartet by our 2026 award-holders

Ernest, Immy, Matthew & Tasha

- contemporary works from LCEQ's upcoming recording,

- performances by our festival choir and string ensemble, workshopped 'from scratch' during the day, including:

Samuel Barber's famous Adagio for Strings, new works for strings by Simon Speare and alumnus Joe Jolliffe,

Benjamin Britten's 'Old Joe has Gone Fishing'

'Sumer is Icumen in'  by Alison Willis.

​

The grand finale: - 'Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs' by Vaughan Williams was for choir and string quartet.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

 

 

 

 

 

 

​​​​​​​​​​​​