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Lindsay String Quartet
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The Lindsay String Quartet (or The Lindsays) was a British string quartet from 1965 to 2005. The Lindsay String Quartet first formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 1965 to compete for a prize and set out to make the string quartets of Bartók and Beethoven the centre of their repertoire. In 1967, the quartet was appointed to be Leverhulme Scholars at Keele University, and in 1970, the quartet changed its name from the Cropper to The Lindsay String Quartet, naming itself after Lord Lindsay, the Founder of Keele University. 1971 brought a change in second violin to Ronald Birks. Roger Bigley left the quartet in the early 1980s; being replaced by Robin Ireland. In 1974, they became Quartet-in-Residence at Sheffield University and 5 years later held a similar position at Manchester University, where they performed a regular concert season, directed seminars, and coached chamber ensembles. The quartet presented festivals each year at the Studio Theatre in the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, which featured many famous local and international musicians, and travelled widely throughout the world. In 2005, after 39 years in existence and 20 years since the last change of members, the quartet announced their intended retirement in the following year. They then performed a very successful series of farewell concerts throughout the world, culminating in four final concerts in their home town of Sheffield in July 2005. Individual members are now pursuing separate musical ideas. The quartet
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String Quartet in B-flat: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto expressivo
1342III Allegro Moderato
263I Adagio Ma Non Troppo E Molto Espressivo
244II Allegro Molto Vivace
245No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 (Death and the Maiden): I. Allegro
236VI Adagio Quasi Un Poco Andante
237VII Allegro
228Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K.516: 4. Adagio
219Schubert: String Quartet #14 In D Minor, D 810, "Death & The Maiden" - 1. Allegro
2110V Presto
20albums
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The String Quartet
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Smetana: The 2 String Quartets / Dvorak: Romance; 2 Waltzes
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Tippett: Orchestral & Chamber Works
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 1, 2 & 3
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Beethoven: String Quartets 15, 16 {Op. 132 & 135)
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Schubert: String Quartets #14, #12
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 No. 2 "Rasumovsky" & Op. 74 "Harp"
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Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets; Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for String Quartet
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Beethoven: String Quartets
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Beethoven String Quartet No 14 Opus 131
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Janacek: The 2 String Quartets / Dvorak: Cypresses, B152
Bartok: String Quartets Nos. 1-6