One of our favourite concerts of the year! Join us for Easter at St Martin’s as we explore Haydn’s epic Seven Last Words. Many thanks to the Park Lane Group for making this concert possible.
Fantastic evening of quintets with renowned clarinettist Emma Johnson.
Haydn — Quartet in B minor, Op.33, No.1
Weber — Clarinet Quintet
Mozart — Clarinet Quintet
Fantastic evening of quintets with renowned clarinettist Emma Johnson.
Haydn — Quartet in B minor, Op.33, No.1
Weber — Clarinet Quintet
Mozart — Clarinet Quintet
Repertoire to include
Elgar — Piano Quintet
Mozart — Quartet in Bb Major, K. 458, “Hunt”
We’re thrilled to come back to the idyllic Dartington International Summer School and Festival. We’ll be working with Harrison Birtwistle all week and performing at his birthday concert on 20th August. Repertoire to include Birtwistle’s The Tree of Strings and Hoquetus Irvineus alongside Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet.
We’re delighted to join forces with outstanding cellist Hannah Roberts for Boccherini’s cello quintet in C Major, Op. 28, No. 4 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Manchester Mid-Day Concert at the Bridgewater Hall with clarinettist Jack McNeill. For full information and tickets, click here.
We’re playing Schubert’s Death and the Maiden for Alfred Brendel! Come see what he says! Our deepest thanks to ChamberStudio for making this event possible.
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We’re joined by renowned tenor Martin Hindmarsh for an afternoon treat of Vaughn Williams’ On Wenlock Edge in the exceedingly beautiful Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace. A fantastic way to kick off the new year!
Bach — Art of Fugue (Selection)
Britten — Quartet No. 2
Brahms — Quartet No.1 in C minor
Bach — Art of Fugue (selection)
Brahms — Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No 1
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
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
Tickets and Full Information here.
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
Full Details and Tickets here
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.
