Haydn & Beethoven: Doric String Quartet
19 October 2017, 17:30
Recital
Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
The Doric String Quartet are the leading quartet of their generation, appearing on major stages the world over, and they are firm favourites in the Lieder Festival's chamber music series. Today, they perform one of Haydn's great quartets, Op. 64 no. 6, alongside Beethoven's sublime Quartet in F, Op. 135, his final completed quartet and one of the pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire.
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
String Quartet No.6 (Op.64)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
String Quartet No.16 (Op.135)
The Doric Quartet
The Doric Quartet
Ensemble
The Doric String Quartet has firmly established itself as the leading British string quartet of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the globe. Selected for representation by YCAT in 2006, the Quartet went on to win several prizes including 1st prize at the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. The Quartet pe... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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