APRIL 09th, 2005 St Mary's Parish Church, Wendover 8.00pm

ALBERNI STRING QUARTET

The Alberni String Quartet was formed more than thirty years ago at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Since then their interpretations of the great classics have attracted praise and respect around the world, as have their many recordings, the Schubert C Major Quintet, for instance, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The Alberni's debut at the Carnegie Hall earned them a description in the New York Times as "one of the finest half-dozen quartets in the world today."

Rapport and long experience on the concert platform give the quartet an understanding and musical wisdom unusual among performers, qualities which the members of the quartet now share with their students at the Royal Academy of Music.

Concert tours have often been combined with education work at all levels - in the USA, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, China and Finland, and other countries as representatives of Britain under the auspices of the British Council. Whilst obviously demonstrating the expertise and maturity gained from many years of performing, the Alberni Quartet retain the enthusiasm, vigour and attention to detail that make their interpretations today a rare and rich experience.