What’s on this 2024-25 season
The Dante Quartet
Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
Britten | Three Divertimenti for String Quartet (1936) |
Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110 |
Elizabeth Maconchy | String Quartet No. 13 'Quartetto Corto' |
Brahms | String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1 |
Frequently heard on Radio 3, the Quartet has appeared many times at London’s Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, and at some of the UK’s foremost festivals and music societies. Abroad, the Quartet has played in France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, the Czech Republic and Poland, and has twice toured Japan.
The Dante Quartet has made a series of acclaimed recordings for Hyperion, winning the BBC Music Magazine Award and the French Diapaison d’Or. The Quartet has also recorded for Signum and Toccata Records and their recording of the string quartets by Herbert Howells was released on the Naxos label in 2019. The Dante Quartet has recently recorded the eight string quartets and two quintets of C.V. Stanford on the SOMM label.
'The unflinching integrity of their interpretation and the excitement of their playing were consistently superb' The Guardian
DIRECTIONS
Coming up in 2024-25
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Friday, 15th November, 2024, 7.30 pmSt Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
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Friday, 6th December, 2024, 7.00 pmSt Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
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Sunday, 19th January, 2025, 2.30 pmSt Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
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Sunday, 23rd February, 2025, 3.00 pmMaidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
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Friday, 7th March, 2025, 7.30 pmSt Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
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Sunday, 23rd March, 2025, 3.00 pmFestival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton
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Friday, 4th April, 2025, 7.30 pmSt Alkmund's Church
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Friday, 25th April 2025, 7.30 pmAshton Auditorium, Barnes Theatre, Shrewsbury School
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Friday, 9th May 2025, 7.30 pmBlackburn Theatre, Prestfelde School, Shrewsbury
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Friday, 6th June 2025, 7.30 pmSt Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
Previously in 2024-25
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Friday, 20th September, 2024, 7.30 pmSt Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury
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Thursday, 17th October, 2024, 1.00 pmUnitarian Church, Shrewsbury
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Thursday, 17th October, 2024, 7.00 pmSt Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch
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Sunday, 20th October, 2024, 3.00 pmMaidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
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Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024, 7.00 pmSt Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth