After a very successful first year of the RADAR series, the Mercury Quartet come back to the Forge in 2012–13 with the same aim: presenting the young composers of today with two commissions per concert, alongside the great masterworks of the twentieth and twenty-first century. This season, each concert will represent the music form the quartet members' origins (England, Romania, France and Switzerland).
Performers:
Vlad Maistrovici - Violin
Corentin Chassard - Cello
Harry Cameron-Penny - Clarinet
Antoine Francoise - Piano
Hannah Grayson - Flute
Serge Vuille - Percussion
Programme:
Laurent Durupt: 'Sounds should not be weapons' (world premiere)
Jonathan Cole: New work
Pierre Boulez : 'Dérive 1'
Jonathan Harvey 'Quantumplation'