Endellion String Quartet

Performers

The Endellion String Quartet

Programme

Haydn

String Quartet in E♭ Op. 71 No. 3

Walton

String Quartet in A minor

Beethoven

String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’

About this concert

According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, '…the Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain, playing with poise, true intonation, excellent balance and a beautiful tone. In music of the Viennese Classical composers it has few challengers.’

Two Viennese masterworks from Haydn’s golden maturity and the heart of Beethoven’s middle period frame this concert’s performance of William Walton’s exquisite quartet, which combines his characteristic warm lyricism with incisive rhythmic intensity and brilliance.