Held at Christie’s Great Rooms at St James’s, London, the evening commenced with a champagne cocktail and Dr Timothy Hunter‘s introduction to the Old Master Pictures to be auctioned on 28 April.
The musical performance which followed included the British debut of the Geneva-based Quatuor Terpsycordes, presented by the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation in association with the Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain. The programme was completed by Isabelle Perrin harp and Mark Milhofer tenor.
For the concert programme, please click on the date above.
Programme
Quatuor Terpsycordes
Girolamo Bottiglieri violin 1 (Italy)
Raya Raytcheva violin 2 (Switzerland)
Caroline Haas viola (Switzerland)
François Grin cello (Switzerland)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Gregorio Zanon (b.1980)
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Isabelle Perrin harp
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Isabelle Perrin harp
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Mark Milhofer tenor
Isabelle Perrin harp
Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
Nicholas Brodszky (1905-1958)
Anthoine Palamedesz (1601-1673)
A guardroom with an officer playing the trumpet
Quartet in F Major
i. Allegro moderato
Quartet Op.33, No.5 in G Major
i. Vivace assai
Quartet No.1
iii. Nocturne
Quartet Op.96 in F Major American
iv. Vivace ma non troppo
Mark Milhofer tenor
Canticle V: The Death Of Saint Narcissus
Impromptu Op.86
La Serenata
Because You’re Mine
signed and dated ‘apalamedesz 1665’
(detail) oil on panel
18 3/8 x 24 3/4 in.(46.7 x 62.9 cm.)
Estimate: £30,000-50,000