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Doric String Quartet in Conversation

Doric String Quartet in Conversation

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Summary

Published 11 December 2009

Sandy Burnett talks to all four members of the British Doric String Quartet prior to their recital at Wigmore Hall on 29 December and their debut CD on our Wigmore Hall Live label.

The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, where they also received a special mention for their performance of Haydn, and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany

• Alex Redington violin
• Jonathan Stone violin
• Simon Tandree viola
• John Myerscough cello

Music Clips

Musical excerpts are taken from the Doric String Quartet’s debut recording with Wigmore Hall Live, which was released in October 2009:

1. Haydn String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 50 No. 1 ‘Finale: Vivace’
2. Haydn String Quartet in C major Op. 50 No. 2 ‘Adagio’
3. Haydn String Quartet in G major Op. 76 No. 1 ‘Allegro con spirito’
4. Haydn String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 50 No. 1 ‘Finale: Vivace’

Credits

• Presented by Sandy Burnett
• Co-produced by Artsaudio and Helen Peate
• Edited by Darius Weinberg