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The Dante Quartet

Sunday, 23rd February, 2025, 3.00 pm
Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
The Dante Quartet standing in a line with their instruments in front of an iron gateway. They are wearing black and looking cheerful.
Zoë Beyers & Ian Watson - violin, Carole Ella - viola and Richard Jenkinson - cello
 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

The Dante Quartet, one of the UK’s finest ensembles, is known for its imaginative programming and impassioned performances. The Quartet was founded in 1995 and chose its name to reflect the idea of an epic journey. The Quartet has been honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music and has also received international awards for its recordings.

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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

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Children and full-time students £9

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