4 July 2004

The Allegri Quartet with Rian de Waal

The second of Rian de Waal's concerts with the Allegri in its present form (Peter Carter and Rafael Todes, violins; Dorothea Vogel, viola; Pal Banda, cello) included another piece that he has often played with the Allegri, the Dvorak Piano Quintet Op 81 in A. Indeed, he enlivened his introduction by recalling a concert in Rhyl early in his association with the Quartet, for which they arrived after a truly dreadful journey with barely time to change, and Bruno Schrecker's wry aside "We will have to be especially talented tonight!".

To return to the 4th July 2004, the concert began with Haydn's "Bird" Quartet Op 33 No.3 in C, performed wih the Allegri's customary verve and panache, and progressed with a splendid rendering of Beethoven's Op 135.