Doric String Quartet at Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles on Tuesday 3rd October 2017

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Doric String Quartet

Part of the Music in Peebles 2017/18 Season

Add to my Calendar 03-10-2017 19:30 03-10-2017 21:30 36 Doric String Quartet The superb Doric Quartet last appeared in Peebles in 2010 and is now firmly established as the leading UK string quartet of its generation. Their fascinating programme opens with the 28 year old Benjamin Britten’s first quartet which, it was noted at the time, marked a new phase in his development. There follows one of Haydn’s fine Opus 20 quartets, of which the Dorics have made an acclaimed recording (Critics’ Choice in Gramophone magazine). The concert ends with Mendelssohn’s last completed work, his final string quartet, written as a heartfelt homage to his beloved sister Fanny following her sudden death. Gone is the emotional restraint so often associated with this composer; here is Mendelssohn’s grief laid bare, a grief so profound it led to the composer himself suffering a stroke and dying just two months later. “… the players are superb, but, beyond that, they blend together as though of one mind – the touchstone of any such group.” classicalsource Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre
Eastgate
Peebles
Scottish Borders
EH45 8AD
Scotland

Tuesday 3rd October 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Benjamin Britten – String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.25
Joseph Haydn – String Quartet no.27 in D major, Op.20 no.4, Hob III:34
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet no.6 in F minor, Op.80

Performers

Doric String Quartet

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Programme Note

The superb Doric Quartet last appeared in Peebles in 2010 and is now firmly established as the leading UK string quartet of its generation.

Their fascinating programme opens with the 28 year old Benjamin Britten’s first quartet which, it was noted at the time, marked a new phase in his development. There follows one of Haydn’s fine Opus 20 quartets, of which the Dorics have made an acclaimed recording (Critics’ Choice in Gramophone magazine).

The concert ends with Mendelssohn’s last completed work, his final string quartet, written as a heartfelt homage to his beloved sister Fanny following her sudden death. Gone is the emotional restraint so often associated with this composer; here is Mendelssohn’s grief laid bare, a grief so profound it led to the composer himself suffering a stroke and dying just two months later.

“… the players are superb, but, beyond that, they blend together as though of one mind – the touchstone of any such group.” classicalsource

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