We're pleased to return to the beautiful St James Piccadilly for a lunchtime concert featuring selections from Bach's Art of Fugue and Britten's second quartet. Special thanks to the Richard Carne Trust for supporting this concert!
Bach – ‘Art of Fugue’ (selections)
Britten – Quartet No. 2
Haydn Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Brahms Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No 1
Bach - Art of Fugue (Selection)
Britten - Quartet No. 2
Brahms- Quartet No.1 in C minor
Bach – Art of Fugue (selection)
Britten – String Quartet No. 2 in C Major. Op. 36
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 no. 1
Bach – ‘Art of Fugue’ (selections)
Britten – Quartet No. 2
Brahms – Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor
Bach - Art of Fugue Selection
Britten - Quartet No. 2
Brahms - Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
An evening of Handel, Bach, Purcell, and Vivaldi with the London Musical Arts Orchestra, led by the Gildas Quartet. Christopher's looking forward to playing Four Seasons once again in this fantastic venue!
Handel – Concerto Grosso Alexander’s Feast
Bach – Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Purcell – Chacony
Bach – Air and Dances from Suite No 3 in D
Vivaldi – Four Seasons
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7 concerts in China! Can you say we're excited!
Haydn Op. 76, No. 2 in d minor, 'Quinten'
Ravel Quartet in F major
Beethoven Op. 59, No. 2 in e minor
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Haydn - Quartet in C major, Op. 74, No. 1
Ravel - Quartet in F major
Beethoven - Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2
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We're off to Melbourne as one of eight groups invited to compete in the Melbourne International String Quartet Competition. Fingers crossed!
Haydn - Quartet in C major Op.74 no. 1
Ravel - Quartet in F major
Beethoven - Quartet in E minor Op. 59 no. 2
Ravel quartet with Gabor. What could be better!
Many thanks to ChamberStudio for the chance to play to one of our favourite musicians.
Lukas Foss - Quartet no. 3
Korngold - Quartet no.2
Crumb - Black Angels
Dvorak - Quartet in F major 'American'
Performing in the round, we will present four seminal American string quartets, allowing the audience to get closer to these evocative and dramatic works. From the overflowing melodies of Dvorak's 'American' Quartet to Crumb's 'Black Angels' for electric string quartet, a vividly descriptive work inspired by the Vietnam War, the programme traces the development of American chamber music.
An evening of Handel, Bach, Purcell, and Vivaldi with the London Musical Arts Orchestra, led by the Gildas Quartet. Christopher's looking forward to playing Four Seasons once again in this fantastic venue!
Handel – Concerto Grosso Alexander’s Feast
Bach – Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Purcell – Chacony
Bach – Air and Dances from Suite No 3 in D
Vivaldi – Four Seasons
Tickets and Full Information here.
Haydn - Quartet in C major Op.74 no.1
Dvorak - Quartet in F major 'American'
Beethoven - Quartet in E minor op.59 no.2
Mozart Quartet in Eb major, K428
Ligeti Quartet No. 1
Haydn – Op 74, No. 1 in C major
Adès – The Four Quarters
Arnold Bax – Oboe Quintet with Nick Daniel
Peter Warlock – The Curlew with Iain Burnside and Nick Daniel
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Brahms - Ophelia Lieder
Schumann - Sechs Gesänge, op. 107
Mendelssohn - Oder soll es Tod bedeuten?
Schubert - Quartet no.10 in E flat major
Ligeti - Quartet no.1 'Metamorphoses Nocturnes'
We're returning to St James's Piccadilly as part of the Park Lane Group scheme, to perform two highly contrasting quartets. The Schubert, written when he was only 16, is full of melodic charm and lyricism whilst the Ligeti contains some of the most exciting and influential quartet writing of the 20th Century.
Schubert - Quartet no.10 in E flat Major
Adès - The Four Quarters
Beethoven - Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2
Thomas Adès – The Four Quarters
Britten Quartet No. 3
Janacek Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer" in motion
The programme features two of our favourite works for quartet by Britten and Ades, linking in with Omnibus's ‘96 festival’. The Janacek which follows is full of themes of jealousy, love and deception. We play it standing and from memory in a performance which allows us to get closer to the drama of the work and show the interaction of the four distinct, and sometimes violently juxtaposed, voices of the quartet.
We are performing Mendelssohn Octet with the Brodsky Quartet at this special gala dinner for City Music Foundation who have helped us so much over the past few years.
Over to beautiful Saddleworth for an evening featuring Thomas Adès' latest quartet. We'll be giving an introduction to the piece: its subtle textures, innovative sound world, and extraordinary flights of fancy. Framing the Adès are two favourites from Haydn and Ravel.
Haydn Op. 74 No. 1 in C major
Adès 'The Four Quarters' (with introduction and excerpts)
Ravel Quartet
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We're travelling to the beautiful Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold for some of our all-time favourites. Haydn at the top of his game, the inimitable Ravel quartet, and Brahms' extraordinary C minor masterwork.
Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1 in C major
Ravel – Quartet in F major
Brahms – Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor
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A trip to Somerset promises Haydn's gleeful surprises and Ravel's impressionistic delights – perfect foils for Brahms' dark masterpiece.
Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1 in C major
Ravel – Quartet in F major
Brahms – Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor
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A rare chance to hear Britten's breathtaking third quartet. As his last completed work, it features haunting church bells overheard from his bed in Venice, undulating duets, and some of his most extreme spectral colours, culminating in a heartbreaking finale. It's not all doom and gloom though, as Beethoven rescues us with a stunning vision of hope and a rousing rondo to finish the evening.
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Britten: Quartet No.3
Beethoven: Quartet op. 59 No. 2
Wolf – Italian Serenade
Howard Skempton – "Catch"
Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1
Beethoven – Op. 59, No.2
Sextets and Octets aplenty. Over three days, we'll be touring Scotland with our buddies from the Aurea Quartet, giving performances of Korngold Sextet, Strauss Sextet, and Mendelssohn Octet in Dundee (Nov. 1st), Glasgow (Nov. 2nd), and Kelso (Nov. 3rd). We can't wait!
The music is all around you. We're playing Janacek's "Kreutzer Sonata" quartet whilst moving through the Conway Hall to bring you closer than ever to Tolstoy's tale of lust, jealousy, and murder. This is part of a larger "Music in Motion" programme at Conway Hall with the London Musical Arts Orchestra.
