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Doric String Quartet
12+ albums
contemporary classicalinstrumentalClassicalchamber music
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Alex Redington violin Ying Xue violin Hélène Clément viola John Myerscough cello Firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, the Doric String Quartet receives enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the globe. Winner of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan and 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, the Quartet now performs in leading concert halls throughout Europe including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Hamburg Laeiszhalle and De Singel, and is a regular visitor to the Wigmore Hall. The Quartet tours annually to the United States and made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2017. Alongside main season concerts the Quartet has a busy festival schedule and has performed at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwetzingen, Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, Grafenegg, Aldeburgh, West Cork, Cheltenham, Delft, Incontri inTerra di Siena and Risør Festivals, collaborating with artists including Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Alexander Melnikov, Pieter Wispelwey, Jonathan Biss, Chen Halevi, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien. The Quartet takes over the Artistic Directorship of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival from 2018, a position that sees the Quartet play a key role in implementing the Festival’s core mission of providing young professionals in the field of string chamber music with a week of
top songs
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String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1: II. Scherzo: Presto - Intermezzo
2452String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18, MWV R 21: I. Allegro con moto
903String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87, MWV R 33: IV. Allegro molto vivace
664String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "Prussian No. 1": I. Allegretto
455String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor": II. Poco adagio, cantabile
406II. Andante
377String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "Prussian No. 1": III. Menuetto. Allegretto
368String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio
359String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, Hob. III: 79: I. Allegretto
3310String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18, MWV R 21: III. Scherzo
33albums
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Schumann: Three String Quartets, Op. 41
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Mendelssohn: The String Quintets
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Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2
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Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 1 – The Prussian Quartets
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol. 1
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64
Britten & Purcell: Chamber Works for Strings
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76
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Purcell & Britten: String Fantasias & String Quartets
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1
Mozart: "Prussian" String Quartets
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Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 15