Repertoire

ON THE STAND!

Currently rehearsing:

Bartok - Quartet no 2
Beethoven - op.18 no.4, op.59 no.3, op.95, vla quintet in C
Bliss - oboe quintet
Dvorak - 'American'
Glass - Quartet no.s 2 and 3
Haydn op.33 no.2 'Joke', op.9 no.4
Moeran - String Quartet in Eb
Mozart - K.465 'Dissonance', k.458 'Hunt', Viola Quintet k.515
Mendelssohn - op.80
Ravel - Quartet
Schubert - Quartetsatz, 'Death and the Maiden', Cello Quintet
Schumann - Quartet no.3
Shostakovitch - Quartet no.7, Elegy and Polka

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Performing works by living composers is an important part of our concert activity. This season we are learning and performing works by;Joe Duddell, Michael Finnissy, Philip Glass, Michael Zev Gordon, Kenneth Hesketh, Joseph Horovitz, György Kurtág, Liz Lane, David Matthews, Peter Maxwell Davies, Anthony Powers, Huang Ruo, Joby Talbot, Michael Stimpson, Adrian Williams, and Ian Wilson.

Highlights 2009 were:

14 March - Birmingham - Maxwell Davies Naxos Quartet No.5
31 March - Carnegie Hall - Premiere of new work by Huang Ruo
21 April - Cardiff University - Anthony Powers Quartet No.2
3 May - Kings Place - London - Joseph Horovitz Quartet No.5
17 June - Proms at St. Judes - Premiere of new work by David Matthews
30 Aug - Presteigne festival - Premiere of new work by Adrian Williams
12 Sept - North Norfolk Festival - Premiere of String Octet by Simon Rowland-Jones

SUGGESTED PROGRAMMES 2009-10

Here are a few suggested programmes from our extensive repertoire. If you would like a full repertoire list, please email us.

Programme A

Haydn - String Quartet Op.33 no.2 'Joke'

Moeran - String Quartet in Eb

Interval

Beethoven - String Quartet op.59 no.3

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Programme B

Mozart - String Quartet 'Hunt'

Shostakovitch - String Quartet no.7

Interval

Schubert - String Quartet 'Death and the Maiden'

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Programme C

Haydn - String Quartet op 76 no.2 'Fifths'

Glass - String Quartet no.3

Interval

Mendelssohn - String Quartet op.80

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