THE WHITWORTH: RNCM ON THE ROAD

THE WHITWORTH: RNCM ON THE ROAD

Sunday 01 June 2025

Toska String Quartet

Christina Maxfield - violin, Sam Lawson - violin

Henry Grant - viola, Cillian Hennessy - cello

Formed in 2021 by students of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), the Toska String Quartet has received coaching from some of the UK’s leading tutors. As an ensemble they have enjoyed performing together in a number of concerts around Manchester.

Christina is studying towards a Master’s degree postgraduate under Yuri Torchinsky, leader of the BBC Philharmonic. Sam, Henry and Cillian are all in their final year of their Bachelor’s degrees. 

Recently, the Toska Quartet represented the RNCM in a concert organised in collaboration with the Manchester Museum, in which they performed Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector by Terry Riley, as well as a piece written by RNCM PhD composer, Cassie Layton. They have since also had the incredible opportunity to work alongside Jeremy Young, Head of Chamber Music at the RNCM, on a piece by Chausson which they performed together in the RNCM Concert Hall.

Performance:

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110

i. Largo

ii. Allegro molto

iii. Allegretto

iv. Largo

v. Largo

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD

String Quartet No 2 in E flat major Op 26

i. Allegro

ii. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Molto più mosso

iv. Waltz. Tempo di Valse

The Toska String Quartet appear by kind permission of the RNCM

Further Details:

This is a free event

Booking deadline: 01/06/2025

The concert will take place in Gallery 3 of The Whitowrth from 3pm till 3.45pm.

The next concert will take place on Sunday 29th June.