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Oliver Leith - New Commission
'On a horse, on a hill, faraway, through fog and bonfire' is the title of our new commission by composer Oliver Leith.
The piece was written in memory of our friend, Philip Yeeles (1947-2021), and inspired by his love for chaconnes. This is a co-commission between the quartet, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and Spitalfields Music with support from the New Music Commission Fund.
We are looking forward to premiering Oliver's work at Spitalfields Festival this July, with further appearances at Music at Paxton and Het Concertgebouw.
Continuo Foundation Grant
We are delighted to have been selected as Continuo Foundation Grant recipients once again, amongst a number of wonderful ensembles!
This will enable us to take a programme of Brahms and Schoenberg sextets on the road this coming August and September. We will be joined by Francesca Gilbert on viola and Alexander Rolton on cello.
Huge thanks to Continuo Foundation and more about the events soon on our diary page and on Continuo Connect.
Watch project trailer here!
New CD, now OUT!
Our latest and shiniest CD is now available on all streaming platforms, as well as at our concerts!
We had so much fun recording with the inimitable Kate Bennett Wadsworth, cello, whose brilliant arrangement of Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto, for cello and string quartet, is at the heart of this album. You will also find a wonderful string quintet arrangement of Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1, by his student Ferdinand Ries.
Visiting Quartet at MitR, Sheffield
We have completed the first year of our residency as Music in the Round's 'Visiting Quartet', working with communities in and around Sheffield.
Our biggest 2024 highlight was a community production of Jonathan Dove's opera, Monster in the Maze at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, working with a number of talented young people (read review). We are hugely looking forward to more exciting activities in 2025!
Artists in Residence at SSEMK
We are pleased to announce that we have been appointed as Saxon Shore Early Music Kenardington Artists-in-Residence for 2024-2027, culminating in the 2026-2027 season with a concert on Friday, 26th March, the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death.